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STATE EX REL. WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 2004-KP-575.

888 So.2d 792 (2004)

STATE ex rel. Jimmy WILLIAMS v. STATE of Louisiana.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 1, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McCowan & Jarman, L.L.P., G. William Jarman, Charles Simon McCowan, III, Baton Rouge; Liskow & Lewis, Joe Barrelle, Norman, Michael David Rubenstein, Shaun Gerard Clarke, New Orleans, for applicant.

Charles C. Foti, Jr., Attorney General, Douglas P. Moreau, District Attorney, John Warren Sinquefield, Assistant District Attorneys, Dale R. Lee, Assistance District Attorney, for respondent.

Denise LeBoeuf, New Orleans, for amicus curiae Capital Post Conviction Project of Louisiana.

PER CURIAM.

This post-conviction proceeding concerns funding issues for an indigent death row inmate represented by pro bono counsel. Defendant argues the systematic provision of funds to some death row inmates seeking post-conviction relief violates equal protection guarantees. Defendant's equal protection claim appears to have two facets. First he suggests that those represented by the Capital Post-Conviction Project of Louisiana (CPCPL) get more funding...

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