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STATE       OF   LOUISIANA                                                                      NO.       2023      KW    1332

VERSUS

JAKE    LEON          MILLS                                                              FEBRUARY              16,        2024

In    Re:             State           of     Louisiana,     applying                    for                               writs,
                                                                                               supervisory
                      22nd        Judicial           District Court,                    Parish               St.
                                                                                                     of              Tammany,
                      No.        589075.

BEFORE:               WELCH,          WOLFE,        AND    STROMBERG,             JJ.

        WRIT           GRANTED.               The         trial           court'   s                                            the
                                                                                         ruling           granting
defendant' s "               Motion          for     Verdicts          Other       Than Conviction                   to    be    by
Concurrence                 of    Ten       Jurors"        is    reversed.              In    Ramos       v.       Louisiana,
590     U. S. -----                    140     S. Ct.       1390,          206     L. Ed. 2d         583 (     2020) ,          the
Supreme          Court                did      not         distinguish             between            acquittals                and
convictions                           when
                                                      declaring                    nonunanimous                      verdicts
unconstitutional.                           State     v.    Rodgers,             2021- 190 (     La.         App.     3d    Cir.
4/ 14/ 21),            318        So. 3d           315,     316,          writ     denied,           2021- 00675 (              La.
9/ 27/ 21),           324        So. 3d      87.      Therefore,            we     find       that    the      defendant' s
argument         that            he    is     entitled          to    a    nonunanimous                                         for
                                                                                                     jury verdict
an    acquittal                  is      without          merit.                                                                 is
                                                                           Accordingly,               this         matter
remanded         to         the       trial         court       for       further       proceedings                consistent

with this             ruling.

                                                                 JEW
                                                                 EW

        Stromberg,                 J.,       dissents.

COURT       OF APPEAL,                FIRST        CIRCUIT

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