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STATE v. VESSEL

No. 80-K-1957.

389 So.2d 1333 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana v. Norris VESSEL, C. Paul Phelps, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Corrections, Relator.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied November 10, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, J. Marvin Montgomery, Asst. Attys. Gen., Richard Crane, Sou Rouprich, Baton Rouge, for Dept. of Corrections.

Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., John Craft & Joseph Meyer, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., for the State.

Orleans Indigent Defender Program, Dwight M. Doskey, New Orleans, for defendant Norris Vessel.

WATSON, Justice.

At issue is the validity of an ex parte order entered by the Orleans Criminal Court to C. Paul Phelps, Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Corrections, requiring the Department to accept custody of Norris Vessel. Vessel was tried in the Orleans Criminal Court and sentenced to life imprisonment in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Corrections. His case is presently on appeal to this court.

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