STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2020 KW 0557 VERSUS

ASHLEY A. GRIFFIN AUGUST 17, 2020

In Re: State of Louisiana, applying for supervisory writs, 20th Judicial District Court, Parish of West Feliciana, No. 19- WFLN- 047, 048, 049.

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

WRIT GRANTED. The district court' s the ruling granting defendant' s motion to suppress is vacated, and this matter is remanded to the district court for an evidentiary hearing in accordance with La. Code Crim. P. art. 703( E)( 1). The district court must hold an evidentiary hearing when a defendant alleges facts that would require granting relief. See State v. Wilson, 2016- 0912 ( La. App. 1st Cir. 2/ 22/ 17), 2017 WL 716085, writ denied, 2017- 0392 ( La. 11/ 13/ 17), 229 So. 3d 924.

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COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

EPUTCK OF COURT FOR THE COURT