State Of Louisiana v. Andrea Hall

Opinion

STATE OF LOUISIANA

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2021 KW 1235

VERSUS

ANDREA HALL 30, 2021

In Re: Andrea Hall, applying for supervisory writs, 20th Judicial District Court, Parish of West Feliciana, No. 12- WCR- 434.

BEFORE: WHIPPLE, C. J., PENZATO AND HESTER, JJ.

WRIT DENIED. Relator was tried, convicted, and sentenced

in the Seventh Judicial District Court ( Concordia Parish). Although relator captioned his pleading as an application for writ of habeas corpus, the remedy he seeks is postconviction

relief. See La. Code Crim. P. art. 924( 1); Sinclair v. Kennedy, 96- 1510 ( La. App. 1st Cir. 9/ 19/ 97), 701 So. 2d 457, 460, writ

denied, 97- 2495 ( La. 4/ 3/ 98), 717 So. 2d 645. Applications for postconviction relief must be filed in the parish in which a

petitioner was convicted. See La. Code Crim. P. art. 925. Therefore, the district court did not err by not considering the merits of relator' s claim. Relator should file his pleading with the Seventh Judicial District Court.

VGW AHP CHH

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

DEP TY C ERK OF COURT FOR THE COURT