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STATE OF LOUISIANA                                                                              NO.       2023     KW    1129

VERSUS

DARRELL         W.        HARRIS,      JR.
                                                                                          JANUARY            18,        2024

In    Re:            Darrell           W.      Harris,          Jr.,        applying                 for      supervisory
                     writs,         18th       Judicial         District             Court,           Parish        of       West
                     Baton       Rouge,       No.     230593.

BEFORE:              GUIDRY,        C. J.,         CHUTZ AND      LANIER,            JJ.

           WRIT       GRANTED          IN     PART       AND    DENIED          IN     PART.          This       matter         is
remanded             to    the    district           court      to     hold      a
                                                                                          contradictory              hearing
to     determine            whether          defense       counsel          wishes             to     adopt        relator'      s
motion.
                If counsel             does        not    wish to adopt                relator' s            motion,          the
district court is instructed to evaluate the motion' s disruptive
potential            in     light      of     State v.         Melon,       95- 2209 (          La.        9/ 22/ 95),        660
So. 2d         466        before        determining             whether              to        conduct         a     hearing
consistent            with       State        v.    Alexander,            2007- 1236 (              La.             3d       Cir.
                                                                                                            App.
4/   9/ 08),      980       So. 2d     877.        See    State      v.    Thibodeaux,                    2017- 0705 (        La.
12/ 6/ 17),           236        So. 3d       1253,        1256 (         per        curiam).              Further,           the
request
                for a preliminary hearing was made                                        in    this        court       in    the
first       instance             and    is,        therefore,        denied.              See       State     v.    Revish,
2019- 01732 (             La.    10/ 1/ 20),         340    So. 3d        864,       868 (      per        curiam) ("         The
general         rule        is    that       appellate          courts          will       not        consider          issues
raised for the first time on [                             review].")

                                                            JMG
                                                           WRC
                                                           WIL

     URT    OF APPEAL,           FIRST        CIRCUIT

                TY CLERK OF COURT
                     FOR THE      COURT