STATE EX REL. COCKERHAM v. BUTLER

No. 87-KH-678.

515 So.2d 1134 (1987)

STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Joe COCKERHAM v. Hilton BUTLER, (Warden) Louisiana State Penitentiary.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

November 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe Cockerham, in pro. per.

Dorothy A. Pendergast, Asst. Dist. Atty., Gretna, for Butler.

Before GRISBAUM, DUFRESNE and GOTHARD, JJ.


ON WRIT OF REVIEW

DUFRESNE, Judge.

Relator seeks review of the judgment of the trial court denying his Application for Post-Conviction Relief in which he had asserted the following claims for relief:

1.) Improper use of a prior criminal charge to impeach the credibility of the defendant;

2.) Denial of defendant's Sixth Amendment, right to confront his accusers;

3.) Denial of defendant's Constitutional Rights when the jury observed...

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