STATE EX REL. MARTIN v. BLACKBURN

Nos. 81-K-0361 to 81-K-0365.

392 So.2d 648 (1981)

STATE of Louisiana ex rel. David Dene MARTIN v. Frank C. BLACKBURN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary. STATE of Louisiana v. David Dene MARTIN.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 10, 1981.


CALOGERO, J., would grant a stay of execution and order an evidentiary hearing on this relator's first post-conviction application for writ of habeas corpus. Relator should be permitted to present evidence in court in support of his contentions including (1) that his trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective in not presenting expert evidence or testimony relative to defendant's mental state at time of the offense or of the effect of the drugs he was taking at the time...

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