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STATE EX REL. JOHNSON v. McGOUGAN

No. 82-KH-2972.

433 So.2d 687 (1983)

STATE ex rel., Douglas JOHNSON v. Hon. John M. McGOUGAN.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 25, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Johnson, in pro. per.

William J. Guste, Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie B. Brown, Dist. Atty., for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

Writ granted. The first circuit is directed to consider again relator's "Petition for Habeas Corpus Relief" and take appropriate action. Rule 4 in the Uniform Rules of the Courts of Appeal should not serve to deny access by a pro se applicant to the courts for post-conviction relief. In State ex rel. Clark v. Marullo, 352 So.2d 223, 226 (La.1977), we emphasized that "[t]he writ of habeas corpus [is] the primary...

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