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STATE OF LOUISIANA

 STATE       OF LOUISIANA                                                          NO.     2023      KW   1169

 VERSUS

 BRANDON APPLEWHITE
                                                                                 JANUARY        19,       2024

 In    Re:         Brandon           Applewhite,                           for
                                                       applying                   supervisory             writs,
                   22nd        Judicial      District        Court,        Parish     of       St.    Tammany,
                   No.      0442- F- 2022.

 BEFORE:           WELCH,       HOLDRIDGE, I AND WOLFE,               JJ.

         WRIT      GRANTED.            The identity of the victim( s)                     is    substantial
 and    not                 descriptive element of the
                 merely a                                                           charged          offenses.
 See    La.      Code Crim.  P. art.   473. Relator is                              prejudiced            by    the
 state'      s   failure        to    provide    sufficient          information                                the
                                                                                           regarding
 identity of             the    alleged      victim( s)       of    the     charged       offenses,            such
 as    the       victim( s)'          age,   physical        and/ or       mental
                                                                                         disability,            and
 the     allegations             of    unsoundness          of     mind.          Thus,     the       district
 court'      s   ruling        denying       relator' s       motion        to    quash        the    bill       of
 information          is       reversed,      and   the      matter       is     remanded       for    further
proceedings.

                                                       JEW
                                                       GH

         Wolfe,       J.,
                               dissents and would deny the writ application.

 OURT        OF APPEAL,         FIRST    CIRCUIT

              PUTY CLERK OF COffk
                  FOR THE        COURT

1 Holdridge, J., retired,              serving   pro   tempore,
                                                                     by special appointment               of the
Louisiana Supreme Court.