Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. James SIMMONS
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2011-10-11
Citations: 74 So. 3d 711
Docket Number: No. 2011-KK-2130
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. James SIMMONS.
Judges: JOHNSON and WEIMER, JJ., would grant and docket.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 74
Pages: 711–711

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. James SIMMONS.
No. 2011-KK-2130.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Oct. 11, 2011.

Opinion:
In re State of Louisiana;—Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court Div. K, No. 494-820; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 2011-K-0979.
Granted. Although the Defendant did not make a jury waiver "no later than 45 days prior to trial," the State did not object and the case proceeded to trial, ending in a mistrial. The ruling of the trial court allowing the Defendant to revoke his irrevocable waiver of a jury trial is therefore reversed, and the case is remanded to the trial court for a bench trial.
JOHNSON and WEIMER, JJ., would grant and docket.