Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number No. 64186. See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. OPINION STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LAWRENCE JAMES. Writ granted. Denial of motion for severance set aside, and trial court ordered to reconsider its ruling in the light of State v. Slayton, 338 So.2d 694 (La. 1976). SUMMERS, C. J., dissents from the order.