STATE OF LOUISIANA

STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2023 KW 1169 VERSUS

BRANDON APPLEWHITE JANUARY 19, 2024

In Re: Brandon Applewhite, for applying supervisory writs, 22nd Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany, No. 0442- F- 2022.

BEFORE: WELCH, HOLDRIDGE, I AND WOLFE, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED. The identity of the victim( s) is substantial and not descriptive element of the merely a charged offenses.

See La. Code Crim. P. art. 473. Relator is prejudiced by the state' s failure to provide sufficient information the regarding identity of the alleged victim( s) of the charged offenses, such as the victim( s)' age, physical and/ or mental disability, and the allegations of unsoundness of mind. Thus, the district court' s ruling denying relator' s motion to quash the bill of information is reversed, and the matter is remanded for further proceedings.

JEW GH

Wolfe, J., dissents and would deny the writ application.

OURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

PUTY CLERK OF COffk FOR THE COURT

1 Holdridge, J., retired, serving pro tempore, by special appointment of the Louisiana Supreme Court.