Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-08-11 22:05:31.025899+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:34:22.984861
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STATE OF LOUISIANA
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STATE      OF     LOUISIANA                                                               NO.    2023    KW    0771

VERSUS

FREDRICK          SMITH                                                                  AUGUST        11,    2023

In   Re:           State      of    Louisiana,                 applying     for          supervisory           writs,

                   19th     Judicial        District              Court,       Parish            of    East     Baton

                   Rouge,     No.    DC - 22- 03661.

BEFORE:           McCLENDON,         HESTER,         AND        MILLER,     JJ.

        WRIT       GRANTED.         The    trial           court' s    ruling denying the                     state' s
motion       to    continue         is    vacated.                Pursuant          to    La.     Code       Crim.    P.

art.       711,    unless      the       motion           to    continue     is      consented           to    by    all
parties,          the   motion      shall    be           tried    summarily             and    contradictorily
with       the    adverse      party.       The           trial    court     cannot             deny    the    motion
ex     parte       without         giving    the               mover   an    opportunity                to    have     a

hearing and present evidence that can be reviewed by this court.
                        the                 is       remanded          to    the          trial       court     for    a
Accordingly,                   motion

contradictory hearing on the merits of the motion.

                                                           PMC
                                                           CHH

                                                           SMM