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Date Created: 2023-03-07 01:04:08.738204+00
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STATE OF LOUISIANA

              COURT OF APPEAL, Fl RST CIRCUIT                           1,

STATE    OF LOUISIANA                                                                      NO.         2022 KW       1335

VERSUS

ALLEN    ODELL WOODS                                                                          MARCH        6,       2023

In Re:            Allen        Odell       Woods,          applying            for       supervisory                 writs,
                  19th        Judicial          District          Court,           Parish          of     East           Baton
                  Rouge,       No.    10-16-0312.

BEFORE:           WELCH,       PENZATO,         AND    LANIER,          JJ.

        WRIT      DENIED       ON    THE       SHOWING MADE.                 Relator          failed to             include
a    copy    of    the    bill        of    information,               the     district             court's          ruling
on his      application             for    postconviction                    relief,      the          commissioner's
report,        the       commitment             order,           all         pertinent             minute           entries
and/ or     transcripts,              any      evidence          or    documentation                    regarding          his
request       for       DNA    testing,         and    any       other        portions             of    the    district
court       record        that        might          support           th~        claims           raised           in     the
application             for    postconviction               relief.               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.         Any      future           filing        on     this         issue        should
include       the       entire        contents             of    this         application,               the        missing
items noted above,               and a         copy of this ruling.

        Moreover,               without              showing            a'         particularized                        need,
incarcerated             indigents          are      entitled           to.    a     free      copy       of        certain
documents:          Boykin          transcript,             bill        of        information,             commitment
papers,       court       minutes           for      various           portions           of       the    trial,           and
minutes       of    the       sentencing.             See       State        ex    rel.       Simmons          v.    State,
93-0275 (      La.       12/16/94),            647    So.2d          1094,        1095 (      per       curiam).            As
to      all        other         documents,                 an        indigent             inmate              has         the
constitutional                right    to      free        copies       only       in     those          instances          in
which he       shows          that denial            of the       request will deprive him of an
adequate       opportunity to present his                              claims        fairly.             Meeting that
constitutional                threshold         requires          a    showing           of    a       particularized
need.             An      inmate           therefore              cannot           make            a     showing            of
particularized                need     absent          a        properly           filed       application                 for
postconviction                 relief,          which           sets         out     specific              claims           of
constitutional                errors       requiring            the    requested              documentation                for
support.           See    State       ex       rel.    Bernard          v.        Criminal          District             Court
Section "         J",    94-2247 (         La.       4/28/95),           653       So.2d       1174,           1175 (      per
curiam).           Furthermore,            a    copy of the             judgment denying relief and
written        or        transcribed                reasons          for       the       judgment              shall        be
furnished to the petitioner.                           See La.          Coqe Crim.             P.       art.    930.1.

                                                                 JEW
                                                                AHP
                                                                WIL

COURT     OF APPEAL,           FIRST CIRCUIT

        DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT
                   FOR THE      COURT