State Of Louisiana VS Wilbert Kelly, Jr.

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STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2021 KW 0826 VERSUS WILBERT KELLY, JR. OCTOBER 8, 2021 In Re: Wilbert Kelly, Jr., applying for 20th Judicial District Court, Feliciana, No. 03-CR-000898. BEFORE: WELCH, THERIOT, AND HOLDRIDGE, JJ. supervisory writs, Parish of East WRIT DENIED. JEW MRT Holdridge J., dissents and would stay the matter. The decision whether to apply Ramos v. Louisiana, U.S. 14 0 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 OF COURT FOR THE COURT

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