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03/07/2008 "See News Release 017 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

No. 07-KK-2393 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. STATE V. SHEDRAN WILLIAMS

On Writ of Certiorari to the First Circuit Court of Appeal

PER CURIAM: Granted. The state's application challenges the court of appeal's assertion of supervisory authority over the conduct of proceedings in the district court following this Court's suspension of briefing and remand of defendant's capital appeal "for the limited purpose of revesting jurisdiction in the district court to rule promptly on the merits of the motion for a new trial." State v. Williams, 07-1082 (La. 7/18/07), 959 So.2d 894. However, we need not resolve the jurisdictional question under the particular circumstances of the present case. Even assuming, arguendo, that the court of appeal had supervisory jurisdiction over the conduct of the proceedings on remand, La. Const. art. V,

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