STATE EX REL. BLANK v. CAIN

No. 2016-KD-0220.

184 So.3d 1264 (2016)

STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Daniel Joseph BLANK v. Burl CAIN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 17, 2016.


CRICHTON, J., additionally concurs and assigns reasons.

Granted. The execution is stayed pending further orders.

Because this Court's review of the district court's denial of post-conviction relief is pending, I agree with the decision that the execution must be stayed. See generally Barefoot v. Estelle, 463 U.S. 880, 887-88, 103 S.Ct. 3383, 77 L.Ed.2d 1090 (1983) (noting that "a death sentence cannot begin to be carried...

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