STATE v. LAPOINT

No. 94-K-1173.

642 So.2d 1304 (1994)

STATE of Louisiana v. Rodney LAPOINT.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 23, 1994.


Granted. The judgment of the district court is vacated and this case is remanded for purposes of allowing the relator to withdraw his guilty plea entered under North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 91 S.Ct. 160, 27 L.Ed.2d 162 (1970). The state's discovery responses inadvertently misled relator with regard to the strength of its case by listing two witnesses allegedly prepared to implicate him in the death of the victim, one of whom...

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