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STATE       OF     LOUISIANA                                                                  NO.        2023        KW   0741

VERSUS

WALTER       ROSARIO- COLON                                                             OCTOBER 23,                       2023

In    Re:          Walter           Rosario -Colon,             applying             for     supervisory                  writs,

                    32nd       Judicial            District         Court,            Parish             of    Terrebonne,

                   No.     735365.

BEFORE:            WELCH,       HOLDRIDGE,              AND    WOLFE,          JJ.

        WRIT       DENIED        ON       THE     SHOWING      MADE       IN    PART        AND     DENIED           IN    PART.

Relator failed to include a copy of the indictment,                                                           the    district

court' s ruling on his Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U. S. 79,                                                            106    S. Ct.
1712,        90    L. Ed. 2d         69 (      1986)     claim,          and     the        State' s           response           to

all     of        his     claims            for    postconviction                    relief.                  Relator       also

failed to include a copy of the noir dire examination transcript
and any other documents supporting his Batson challenge and his
allegation that the trial court abused its discretion in denying
his     challenge          for        cause        of    juror       number           17.          Therefore,              these

claims            cannot        be        reviewed.                The     party  seeking                       relief            is
responsible              for    filing          and     attaching          all documents and                         exhibits

in    connection           with           an    application              for     supervisory                  writs.             See
Uniform            Rules        of          Louisiana          Courts            of         Appeal,             Rule        4-    1.
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 these two                       issues should             include the entire contents of
this        application,             the       missing        items       noted        above,            and     a    copy        of

this        ruling.            In     all       other     respects,             the         writ         application              is
denied.

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