STATE v. RIDEAU

No. 2001-KK-3146.

802 So.2d 1280 (2001)

STATE of Louisiana v. Wilbert RIDEAU.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 29, 2001.


PER CURIAM.*

Defendant has filed a writ of certiorari to this court claiming that the method of allotment of judges in the Fourteenth Judicial District Court in capital cases can be improperly influenced by the District Attorney. We find merit in the application.

Because the District Attorney has the ability, by process of elimination, to know the final judge in the pool to be assigned the next numbered capital case, and because...

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