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STATE v. HOLMES

No. 85-K-0210.

475 So.2d 1057 (1985)

STATE of Louisiana v. Paul HOLMES.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 10, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., George Ware, Jr., Dist. Atty., Alfred Butterworth, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-respondent.

Robert Butler, Jr., Kilbourne & Dart, Jesse Means, Jr., St. Francisville, Thomas C. McKowen, IV, for defendant-applicant.

WATSON, Justice.

Defendant, Paul Holmes, poured an inflammable liquid on the bed and person of a fellow inmate, Louis Williams, and set fire to it. He was indicted by a grand jury for aggravated arson and pleaded not guilty. Pursuant to a plea bargain, he withdrew his not guilty plea and pleaded "Nolo Contendre" to simple arson.1 In essence, the state agreed that "any other charge" based on the same criminal conduct would either be dropped...

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