STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2019 KW 0928

VERSUS

DISHAY DEMONE ELZEY SEP 17 201 In Re: Dishay Demone Elzey, applying for supervisory writs, 22nd Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany, No. 506841.

BEFORE: WHIPPLE, C. J., GUIDRY AND CRAIN, JJ.

WRIT DENIED. It is well- settled that district court judges have the discretion, if the interests of justice require, to allow a petitioner to amend and supplement a timely filed but not yet ruled on application for postconviction relief. See State ex rel. Benn v. State, 2011- 2418 ( La. 6/ 22/ 12), 90 So. 3d 1045, 1046 ( per curiam). See also State ex rel. Foy v. Whitley, 92- 1281 ( La. 10/ 6/ 95), 661 So. 2d 455. The instant writ application was filed almost ten months after the district court' s rulings on relator' s applications for postconviction relief.

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COU T OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

1 D CLERK FOR THE OF COURT COURT