STATE EX REL. LEWIS v. HENDERSON

No. 53130.

281 So.2d 95 (1973)

STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Tracy LEWIS v. C. Murray HENDERSON, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 11, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip N. Pecquet, Port Allen, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., LeRoy A. Hartley, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Samuel C. Cashio, Dist. Atty., Charles H. Dameron, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


SUMMERS, Justice.

This matter was appealed to this court from a decree and judgment rendered by the District Court upon an application for habeas corpus. At the same time, the Warden filed an application to this Court to review that same decree under our supervisory jurisdiction. The identical issue is presented in both the appeal and the application for review. A writ of certiorari was granted on the application for review, and the issue presented there has been...

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