Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-10-18 21:06:26.955772+00
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STATE OF LOUISIANA

                                                                                       NO.     2023    KW    1032
STATE      OF   LOUISIANA

VERSUS

DARRIN       REGIRA,        II                                                     OCTOBER           18,    2023

                                                                             for                             writs,
In   Re:         Darrin           Regira,      II,        applying                     supervisory
                                                                            Parish      of     Ascension,          No.
                 23rd        Judicial        District           Court,
                 52130.

BEFORE:          WELCH,           HOLDRIDGE,       AND     WOLFE,          JJ.

        WRITGRANTED.                  Before       trial,        a person          shall be bailable                by
                                                                       is                     with     a    capital
sufficient            surety,         except        when        he           charged

offense and the proof is evident and the presumption of guilt is
                                                         I, §        18.     Under      La.    Code        Crim.    P.
great.          See    La.        Const.     art.
                                                                                                                   the
art.       313( A)(   2),        if the court orders a contradictory hearing,
                                 be   held    within            five        days       from     the        date     of
hearing         shall

determination               of    probable     cause,           exclusive         of   weekends        and    legal
holidays.             The district court erred by setting the contradictory
bail        hearing          outside         the     statutorily                 mandated        time        delay.
Accordingly,            the writ is granted and this matter is remanded for
                                                                                       before        October       23,
the     district            court     to   hold      a    hearing           by   or

2023.

                                                          JEW

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