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Supreme Court of Louisiana, 2015

State v. Riggins

State v. Riggins
Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided June 1, 2015 · Absentia, Been, Believe, Course, Defendant, Delay, Hughes, Jurors, Welfare, Will, Writ
171 So. 3d 926; 2015 WL 3853169 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

State v. Riggins

Opinion of the Court

In re State of Louisiana; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court Div. G, No. 512-265; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 2015-K-0567.

Stay denied. Writ denied.

HUGHES, J., concurs. Although I believe the better course of action would have been to try defendant in absentia: without delay, at this point I will concur in *927the writ denial for the welfare of the jurors.

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