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FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 51


FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

The Opinions handed down of the 29th day of June, 2005, are as follows:

BY WEIMER, J.:


2003-KA-2425
STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GLYNN JUNIORS, JR.(Parish of St. James)
(First Degree Murder)
For the reasons assigned herein, defendant's conviction and sentence
are affirmed. In the event this judgment becomes final on direct
review when either: (1) the defendant fails to petition timely the
United States Supreme Court for certiorari; or (2) that Court denies
his petition for certiorari; and either (a) the defendant, having
filed for and been denied certiorari, fails to petition the United
States Supreme Court timely, under its prevailing rules for rehearing
of denial of certiorari, or (b) that Court denies his petition for
rehearing, the trial judge shall, upon receiving notice from this
court under LSA-C.Cr.P. art. 923 of finality on direct appeal, and
before signing the warrant of execution, as provided by LSA-R.S.
15:567(B), immediately notify the Louisiana Indigent Defense
Assistance board and provide the Board with reasonable time in which:

(1) to enroll counsel to represent the defendant in any state
post-conviction proceedings, if appropriate, pursuant to its
authority under LSA-R.S. 15:149.1; and (2) to litigate expeditiously
the claims raised in that original application, if filed,
in the state courts.
AFFIRMED.

CALOGERO, C.J., concurs in part, dissents in part and assigns

reasons.

JOHNSON, J., concurs in part, dissents in part and assigns reasons.




(06/29/2005)

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 03-KA-2425
STATE OF LOUISIANA
v.
GLYNN JUNIORS, JR.

On Appeal from the Twenty-Third Judicial District Court, For the Parish of St. James,
Honorable Ralph Tureau, Judge


WEIMER, J.
This is a direct appeal under Louisiana Constitution article V,

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