STATE EX REL. HILLS v. STATE

No. 2010-KH-0168.

54 So.3d 1109 (2011)

STATE ex rel. Leighton HILLS v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 11, 2011.


PER CURIAM.1

Writ granted; relief denied. The court of appeal erred when it dismissed relator's application as untimely based on the time lapse between his post-conviction discovery of the discrepancy in the trial transcripts and the filing of his application for post-conviction relief. "The exception to the [two]-year time bar provided by La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.8(A)(1) for claims based on facts `not known to the petitioner or his attorney...

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