STATE v. FRANCIS

No. 2001-K-1667.

809 So.2d 1132 (2002)

STATE of Louisiana v. Edward FRANCIS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

February 6, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, District Attorney, Keva M. Landrum, Assistant District Attorney, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Relator.

Graham Daponte, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Respondent.

(Court composed of Chief Judge WILLIAM H. BYRNES III, Judge JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG and Judge TERRI F. LOVE).


JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Judge.

We grant the State's application for supervisory writs to consider the correctness of a trial court's ruling granting the defendant Edward Francis' application for post conviction relief and ordering a new trial. For the following reasons, we affirm the ruling of the trial court.

On May 21, 1996, the State filed a bill of information charging the defendant with aggravated burglary, a violation of La. R.S. 14:60. On May 23, 1996...

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