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STATE         OF    LOUISIANA                                                                              NO.    2023         KW    1164

VERSUS

LIONEL          GRANGER,               JR.                                                               FEBRUARY             16,    2024

In      Re:            Lionel            Granger,           Jr.,        applying                for        supervisory               writs,

                       City          Court       of    Morgan           City,              Parish           of    St.         Mary,         No.
                       224361.

BEFORE:                WELCH,            WOLFE,       AND    STROMBERG,                   JJ.

          WRIT         NOT        CONSIDERED.                 Counsel            failed             to      comply            with        Local
Rule          8( G),         by      failing          to     include             a        Declaration                 verifying                 the
allegations                  of    the        petition.             Counsel               failed           to    comply            with         the
Uniform            Rules           of        Louisiana            Courts             of       Appeal,            Rule         4- 5( C) (        8),
 9) ,         and (     10) ,        by       failing        to     include               a     copy       of     the         bills)              of

information (                   or       charging           instrument),                      all      the        relevant                court

minutes,               and      the          opposition            or   a       statement                that         no      opposition

was       filed.              Moreover,               although           it          is       not      a    violation                of         the
Uniform            Rules,          we        note   that       counsel               failed         to      include            a    copy of
the       guilty          plea           and     sentencing transcripts and                                       a     copy         of         any
exhibits               introduced              at the proceedings.  See City                                      of Baton Rouge
v.      Plain,          433       So. 2d       710 (       La.),        cert.             denied,          464        U. S.        896,         104
S. Ct.         246,      78       L. Ed. 2d         235 (     1983).                 See        also       La.        Code         Crim.          P.
art.           912. 1( C)(         1).         Supplementation                       of         this        writ           application

and/ or an application for rehearing will not be considered.                                                                                    See
Uniform            Rules          of     Louisiana          Courts          of       Appeal,           Rules          2- 18. 7 &           4-     9.
Should             counsel               choose       to      file          a        new        writ        application                    that
contains               the
                  missing items noted above, he                                                        should           also        provide

any      documentation showing when relator paid                                                         the      fine         and        filed
the      initial motion                      for appeal.

COURT         OF APPEAL,                 FIRST      CIRCUIT