STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOHNNY VICKERS JR (2025)

Writ application granted in part. See per curiam.

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Supreme Court of Louisiana December 16, 2025

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

No. 25-K-0718

STATE OF LOUISIANA

v.

JOHNNY VICKERS, JR.

On Writ of Certiorari to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, Parish of Ascension

PER CURIAM:

Writ granted in part; otherwise denied. The court of appeal's ruling on defendant's ineffective assistance of counsel claim is vacated, and that claim is pretermitted for consideration on collateral review, if defendant chooses to raise it, by application for post-conviction relief. In all other respects, the writ is denied.

Crain, J., dissents. McCallum, J., dissents. Cole, J., dissents.