STATE v. WISENBAKER

No. 82-KA-0451.

428 So.2d 790 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana v. Houston M. WISENBAKER, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied April 15, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edwin O. Ware, Dist. Atty., Paul Donald White, Jr., Ronald G. Levy, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Stephen E. Everett, Louis G. Mehr, Alexandria, for defendant-appellant.


LEMMON, Justice.

This case illustrates the difficult position in which a conscientious trial judge finds himself when retained local counsel has been permitted (by another judge in the district) to withdraw from representation of an out-of-state defendant and retained out-of-state counsel fails to appear for trial. Although defendant urges other assignments of error, our decision turns on our conclusion that the trial court...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases