STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2020 KW 0508 VERSUS ALLEN ODELL WOODS AUGUST 03, 2020 In Re: Allen Odell Woods, applying for supervisory writs, 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, No. 10-16-0312.

BEFORE : HIGGINBOTHAM, PENZATO, AND LANIER, JJ.

WRIT DENIED. If the substantive issue an attorney failed to raise has no merit, then the claim the attorney was ineffective for failing to raise the issue also has no merit.

State ex rel. Roper v. Cain, 99-2173 (La. App. Ist Cir. 10/26/99), 763 So.2d 1, 5 (per curiam), writ denied, 2000-0975 (La. 11/17/00), 773 So.2d 733.

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT EPUTY ERK OF COURT FOR THE COURT