No. 19-874

William Alan Pesnell, et al. v. Jill Sessions, et al.

Lower Court: Louisiana
Docketed: 2020-01-15
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)
Tags: constitutional-access criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment fundamental-rights public-access public-records sixth-amendment trial-recording
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess FirstAmendment Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-06-25 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether La. R.S. 44:4(47) and the local rule of the 26th Judicial District Court in and for Bossier Parish can bar public access to the digital recording of a public murder trial consistent with the First, Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution.

2. Whether La. R.S. 44:4(47) and the local rule of the 26th Judicial District Court in and for Bossier Parish can bar access to the digital recording of a public murder trial to the convicted defendant consistent with the Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, where the convicted defendant acts to obtain evidence in his case for purposes of appeal and/or post-conviction relief.

3. Whether a state can alter the burdens of the parties for determinations of the validity of statutes impairing fundamental rights, and whether the State of Louisiana applied the proper burden in the case at bar.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether La. R.S. 44:4(47) and the local rule of the 26 Judicial District Court in and for Bossier Parish can bar public access to the digital recording of a public murder trial consistent with the First, Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution

Docket Entries

2020-06-29
Petition DENIED.
2020-06-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2020.
2020-06-08
Reply of petitioners William Alan Pesnell, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
2020-05-20
Brief of respondents Jill Sessions, et al. in opposition filed.
Main DocumentProof of Service
2020-04-14
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 20, 2020.
2020-04-13
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 20, 2020 to May 20, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
2020-03-19
Reply of petitioners William Alan Pesnell, et al. filed.
Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
2020-03-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 20, 2020. See Rule 30.1.
2020-03-12
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 19, 2020 to April 18, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
2020-02-18
Response Requested. (Due March 19, 2020)
2020-02-13
Brief of respondent Jennifer Bolden in opposition filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
2020-02-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-01-31
Waiver of right of respondents Jill Sessions, et al. to respond filed.
Main Document
2020-01-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 14, 2020)
PetitionAppendixProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count

Attorneys

Jennifer Bolden
J. Schuyler Marvin — Bossier-Webster Dis. Atty Off, Respondent
Jill Sessions, et al.
Elizabeth Baker Murrill — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
William Alan Pesnell, et al.
Billy R Pesnell — The Pesnell Law Firm, A P.L.C., Petitioner