STATE EX REL. GLOVER v. STATE

Nos. 93-KH-2330, 94-KH-2101 and 94-KH-2197.

660 So.2d 1189 (1995)

STATE ex rel. Ronald GLOVER v. STATE of Louisiana. STATE of Louisiana v. Marvin YOUNG. STATE of Louisiana v. Lester Carl WRIGHT.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 5, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth W. Cole, Christa Hohmann, for applicant Ronald Glover.

Ronald Glover, pro se.

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Harry F. Connick, District Attorney, Jack Peebles, Asst. Dist. Attorney, for respondent.

Keith Baker Nordyke, June E. Denlinger, for amici curiae George Elliott, O'Neil Ginn, Isidor Lopez, David Nealy, Timothy Morris, Norris Henderson, Stanley A. Smith, Checo Yancy, Edward Smith, Danny Sermon, George Witherspoon, Lue Sullivan, Beryl Carter, Gordon Bradford.

Ellis Paul Adams, Jr., Richard G. Munson, for amicus curiae Louisiana District Attorneys Association.

Robert L. Odinet, for amicus curiae State of Louisiana.


KIMBALL, Justice.*

We granted certiorari and consolidated these three cases to resolve the issue of the constitutionality of the time limit for mounting collateral attacks on final convictions found in La.C.Cr.P.art. 930.8. Petitioners and amici curiae1 allege La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.8 violates the United States and Louisiana Constitutions. With respect to the federal Constitution, each claims Art. 930.8 violates...

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