Court Opinion

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STATE      OF    LOUISIANA                                                                               NO.    2023       KW    0347

VERSUS

TERRY      LEE      DENHAM,         JR.                                                                   JULY        17,       2023

In   Re:            State          of     Louisiana,              applying                  for      supervisory                 writs,

                    19th       Judicial           District           Court,                  Parish             of    East           Baton

                    Rouge,         No.    04- 12- 0031.

BEFORE:             THERIOT,            WOLFE,     AND       GREENE,                 JJ.

        WRIT        GRANTED.              The    new    rule           of        criminal          procedure               announced
in   Ramos       v.    Louisiana,                      U. S.                f        140    S. Ct.        1390,       206       L. Ed. 2d
583 (      2020),      which        provides           for unanimity in jury verdicts                                            is    not
retroactive             in        Louisiana.                 State              v.        Reddick,             2021- 01893 (           La.
10/ 21/ 22),          351     So. 3d       273,    283.            See          also        State         v.    Jackson,             2022-
00720 (         La.         5/ 16/ 23).          2023        WL         3475740 (                 per          curiam).                The
defendant' s           convictions               became           final              in    2014,         when        he    failed       to
seek        further           review            following              this               court'     s     opinion              on     his
appeal.           See        La.        Code    Crim.        P.        art.           922 ( B) .           Accordingly,                the
district          court'       s    order         overruling                    the        procedural                objection          of

untimeliness                 to         defendant' s              application                      for          postconviction

relief,         filed        on     February           22,        2021,              and    directing                the    district
attorney         to     file        an    answer        on        the       merits           is      reversed.                  See    La.
Code       Crim.       P.      art.       930. 8 ( A) ( 2)                      This       matter          is        remanded          for
further         proceedings.

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