STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2021 KW 1250 VERSUS REGINALD WEEDEN OCTOBER 15, 2021

In Re: State of Louisiana, applying for supervisory writs, 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, No. 01-18-0099.

BEFORE: McCLENDON, WELCH, AND THERIOT, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED. The district court erred in prohibiting the state from using its remaining peremptory challenges in the selection of the jury. See La. Code Crim. P. art. 799.1; see also State v. Lewis, 2012-1021 ( La. 3/19/13), 112 So.3d 796.

The district court's ruling is reversed, and the matter is remanded for further proceedings.

PMc JEW MRT

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

FOR THE COURT