STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2021 KW 0648 VERSUS

ANTONIO WILLIAMS JULY 30, 2021

In Re: Antonio Williams, applying for supervisory writs, 21st Judicial district Court, Parish of Livingston, No. 016422.

BEFORE: THERIOT, HOLDRIDGE, AND HESTER, JJ.

WRIT DENIED.

MRT CHH

Holdridge J., dissents and would stay the matter. The decision whether to apply Ramos v. Louisiana, _ U. S. _, 140 S. Ct. 1390, 206 L. Ed. 2d 583 ( 2020) retroactively and grant postconviction relief on state collateral review to defendants convicted by non - unanimous juries in all or certain circumstances remains with the Louisiana Supreme Court. A state court may give broader effect to new rules of criminal procedure than is required by the relevant opinion. See Danforth v. Minnesota, 552 U. S. 264, 128 S. Ct. 1029, 169 L. Ed. 2d 859 ( 2008).

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

DEPU LERK OF COURT FOR THE COURT