# State v. Barthelemy

> Supreme Court of Louisiana · August 28, 2015 · 183 So. 3d 490

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4824869

## Case

- **Full name:** STATE of Louisiana v. Robert J. BARTHELEMY
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Louisiana
- **Decided:** August 28, 2015
- **Citations:** 183 So. 3d 490; 2015 La. LEXIS 1694; 2015 WL 10092148
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Crichton
- **Judges:** Crichton
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

CRICHTON, J.,
additionally concurs and assigns reasons.
|tI concur in the majority decision to reverse the court of appeal and order the trial to proceed as scheduled. I write separately to underscore the critical fact that both this incarcerated and indigent capital defendant and the family members of the victim are entitled to a speedy trial in this important case. In my view, the La. Public Defender Board should comply with its nondiscretionary statutory duty as prescribed by La. R.S. 15:141 et seq„ the Louisiana Public Defender Act.
To rule otherwise allows the 19th JDC dispute between the Louisiana Public Defender Board and CAPOLA to impermissi-bly infringe upon the constitutional power of the court to control its docket, as directed by La. Constitution art. V, § 2, and contravenes our paramount obligation to effectuate the efficient and orderly administration of criminal justice.

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