STATE v. COVINGTON

No. K 9040.

522 So.2d 1168 (1988)

STATE of Louisiana v. Stanley F. COVINGTON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

March 10, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley F. Covington, in pro. per.

Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for respondent.

Before GULOTTA, C.J., and SCHOTT and BYRNES, JJ.


SCHOTT, Judge.

We granted certiorari on relator's pro se application in order to review a judgment of the trial court denying his application for post-conviction relief. The issue is whether a defendant seeking post-conviction relief is entitled to have his sentence vacated when he was sentenced under the Louisiana Habitual Offender Law, R.S. 15:529.1 and the trial court did not fully advise him of his rights to remain silent and to require the State to prove his...

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