STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2021 KW 1089 VERSUS

DARRELL MICHAEL SMITH DECEMBER 6, 2021

In Re: Darrell Michael Smith, applying for supervisory writs, 22nd Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany, No. 297, 865.

BEFORE: MCDONALD, LANIER, AND WOLFE, JJ.

WRIT DENIED. Ramos v. Louisiana, U. S. , 140 S. Ct. 1390, 206 L. Ed. 2d 583 ( 2020) does not apply to retroactively relator whose conviction and sentence were final at the time the decision was rendered. See also State v. Kelly, 2021-- 00572 ( La. 9/ 27/ 21), 324 So. 3d 79 ( per curiarm). Accordingly, the district court did not err by denying the application for postconviction relief.

JMM WIL EW

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

DEPUTY C ERK OF COURT FOR THE COURT