Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Eugene THOMAS; State of Louisiana v. Eugene Thomas; State of Louisiana v. Morris J. Patin
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2010-09-03
Citations: 44 So. 3d 703
Docket Number: No. 2010-OK-1577
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Eugene THOMAS. State of Louisiana v. Eugene Thomas. State of Louisiana v. Morris J. Patin.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 44
Pages: 703–703

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Eugene THOMAS. State of Louisiana v. Eugene Thomas. State of Louisiana v. Morris J. Patin.
No. 2010-OK-1577.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Sept. 3, 2010.

Opinion:
In re Patin, Morris J.;—Defendant; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court Div. G, No. 434-092; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 2010-KA-0529.
Denied. However, with time now of the essence if trial is to serve as "a reliable vehicle for determining whether [defendants] committed the crime charged against them," State v. Dyer, 06-0619, p. 6, 933 So.2d 788, 792, cert. denied sub nom. Thomas v. Louisiana, 549 U.S. 1122, 127 S.Ct. 945, 166 L.Ed.2d 722 (2007), the state is directed to bring the case against defendants to trial as expeditiously as possible and within the 45-day time frame set by the court of appeal.