COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2024 KW 0489

VERSUS

JEFFERY J. FUSSELL AUGUST 23, 2024

In Re: Jeffery J. Fussell, applying for supervisory writs, 20th Judicial District Court, Parish of West Feliciana, No. 24- WCR- 112.

BEFORE: GUIDRY, C. J., PENZATO AND STROMBERG, JJ.

WRIT DENIED. Although relator captioned his pleading as a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the remedy he seeks is in the nature of a request for postconviction relief. See La. Code Crim. P. art. 924( 1). Applications for postconviction relief shall be filed in the parish in which the petitioner was convicted. La. Code Crim. P. art. 925. Relator was convicted in St. Tammany Parish, but filed his petition for a writ of habeas corpus in West Feliciana Parish. Accordingly, the district court correctly denied relator' s petition.

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URT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

Y CLERK OF COURT FOR THE COURT