STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 25-K-353 VERSUS FIFTH CIRCUIT DONALD WARDEN COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF LOUISIANA

August 18, 2025 Susan Buchholz Chief Deputy Clerk

ON APPLICATION FOR REHEARING Panel composed of Jude G. Gravois, Marc E. Johnson, and Scott U. Schlegel

DENIED WITHOUT REASONS JGG SUS

DISSENTS IN PART WITH REASONS MEJ STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 25-K-353 VERSUS FIFTH CIRCUIT DONALD WARDEN COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF LOUISIANA

JOHNSON, J., DISSENTS IN PART WITH REASONS I would grant the rehearing for the limited purpose of reviewing, on briefs only, the merits of the whether the trial court abused its discretion by excluding the text messages between the victims’ grandmother and their mother. In all other respects, I agree that the application for rehearing should be denied.

SUSAN M. CHEHARDY CURTIS B. PURSELL CHIEF JUDGE CLERK OF COURT

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