Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-08-28 16:08:22.170412+00
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STATE OF LOUISIANA

STATE       OF   LOUISIANA                                                            NO.     2023      KW   0714

VERSUS

WILLIE       DORSEY                                                                 AUGUST         28,       2023

                                                                  for                              writs,          22nd
In    Re:         Willie        Dorsey,        applying                   supervisory
                  Judicial        District          Court,        Parish       of    Washington,             No.     7-

                  CR8- 97362.

BEFORE:           WELCH,        HOLDRIDGE,          AND    WOLFE,       JJ.

        WRIT        DENIED.             Mr.         Dorsey' s            unilateral               motion            for

postconviction            plea        agreement           does    not    meet        the    requirements             of

La.    Code      Crim.     P.    art.    930. 10.              Pursuant       to    Article       930. 10, "        the

district                         and     the       petitioner           may,       with     the    approval          of
                 attorney
                                                                                                                   plea
the    district         court,        jointly enter into any [                      postconviction]

agreement           for         the      purpose           of         amending         the        petitioner'             s

conviction,          sentence,          or    habitual           offender          status."       The    terms       of

the     agreement           shall       be     in    writing,            shall       be     filed        into       the

district          court     record,          and    shall        be     agreed       to     by    the    district

                  and     the     petitioner              in     open     court.            Mr.     Dorsey          has
attorney
failed       to     produce        any       evidence           that     the       district        attorney          is
aware       of    and/ or       has    agreed       to     a    postconviction              plea     agreement.

                        the     district        court                          denied        the     motion         for
Accordingly,                                                   correctly
postconviction              plea      agreement            since        the    district           attorney          did

not agree or join in the motion in writing.

                                                          JEW

                                                          GH
                                                          EW

COURT       OF   APPEAL,        FIRST    CIRCUIT

             PUTY   CLERK        OF   COURT
                  FOR    THE     COURT