STATE EX REL. PRIMAS v. HENDERSON

No. 56139.

311 So.2d 260 (1975)

STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Elvin Leroy PRIMAS v. C. Murray HENDERSON, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 25, 1975.


Alternative Writ Granted—The State is ordered to set aside guilty pleas and rearraign relator under showing that relator was denied choice of counsel and was represented by counsel under a capital charge who was not qualified to serve in capital cases, or to show cause to the contrary on or before May 23, 1975.

SANDERS, C.J., dissents from this writ. The showing made is insufficient.

SUMMERS, J., dissents. The trial judge found the evidence which this...

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