STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT
STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2021 KW 1112
VERSUS
STEVEN JERMAINE CHARLES JANUARY 10, 2022
In Re: Steven Jermaine Charles, applying for supervisory
writs, 22nd Judicial District Court, Parish of St.
Tammany, No. 548792.
BEFORE: GUIDRY, HOLDRIDGE, AND CHUTZ, JJ.
WRIT GRANTED. The district court' s ruling denying
relator' s application for postconviction relief is vacated.
This matter is remanded to the district court to reconsider its
ruling in light of State v. Harris, 2018- 1012 ( La. 7/ 9/ 20), _
So. 3d 2020 WL 3867207 and to allow the state to file a
response, if it has not already done so. After the state files
its response, the district court should determine whether it is
necessary to conduct an evidentiary hearing on the claim of
ineffective assistance of counsel at sentencing. State v.
Robinson, 2019- 01330 ( La. 11/ 24/ 20), 304 So. 3d 846 ( per curiam).
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