Court Opinion

ID: 4824869
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-08-22 12:08:42.286742+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:11:12.005918
License: Public Domain

CRICHTON, J.,
additionally concurs and assigns reasons.
|tI concur in the majority decision to reverse the court of appeal and order the trial to proceed as scheduled. I write separately to underscore the critical fact that both this incarcerated and indigent capital defendant and the family members of the victim are entitled to a speedy trial in this important case. In my view, the La. Public Defender Board should comply with its nondiscretionary statutory duty as prescribed by La. R.S. 15:141 et seq„ the Louisiana Public Defender Act.
To rule otherwise allows the 19th JDC dispute between the Louisiana Public Defender Board and CAPOLA to impermissi-bly infringe upon the constitutional power of the court to control its docket, as directed by La. Constitution art. V, § 2, and contravenes our paramount obligation to effectuate the efficient and orderly administration of criminal justice.