STATE of Louisiana v. Erik NUNEZ; State of Louisiana v. Brandon Liccardi

*965KNOLL, J.

11 This writ concerns the allotment system of criminal cases in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court when the date of the.. offense is uncertain. We granted writs in this consolidated matter to deter*966mine whether La. Dist. Ct. Rule 14.0 or the defendants’ due process rights are violated by the case allotment system of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, which randomly assigns cases to different District Judges based on the first date of the first alleged offense. Defendants assert the procedure in place at the time of the allotment of their cases is unconstitutional as…