STATE v. GORDON (2025)

Granted. Appellate courts review wrongful conviction compensation rulings for manifest error. See Jones v. State, 2022-01455, p. 5 (La. 5/5/23), 362 So.3d 341, 345. In this case, the court of appeal improperly performed de novo review of the trial court's denial of Kendall Gordon's petition for wrongful conviction compensation. Accordingly, we reverse the ruling and remand the matter to the court of appeal for reconsideration. The court shall review the trial court's decision for manifest error.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

PER CURIAM

Weimer, C.J., dissents and would grant and docket. Griffin, J., dissents and would grant and docket. Guidry, J., dissents and would grant and docket.