Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Raynell BRIGHT
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1997-09-17
Citations: 701 So. 2d 136
Docket Number: No. 97-KK-2322
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Raynell BRIGHT.
Judges: VICTORY, J., not on panel.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 701
Pages: 136–136

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Raynell BRIGHT.
No. 97-KK-2322.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Sept. 17, 1997.

Opinion:
In re Bright, Raynell; —Defendant(s); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writs; Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. "C", No. 376-884; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 97KW-2058.
Granted; stay recalled. To the extent that counsel's application in this Court reurges the arguments made in his motions filed before trial began with jury selection and before our stay issued, we construe his present application as a request for a mistrial and discharge of the selected jurors. So construed, the application is granted, the stay recalled, and the case remanded to the trial court with instructions to declare a mistrial and to discharge the selected jurors. In addition, the district court is ordered to enter a plea of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity on relator's behalf and to reset trial within a reasonable time.
VICTORY, J., not on panel.