State ex rel. Halphen v. Whitley

Apr 22, 1994
No. 92-KH-3306
Reporters:
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Before:
Dennis

In re Halphen, Lionel; — Plaintiff(s); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writ; ‍‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‍Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. “E”, No. 273-072.

Granted in part; denied in part. The district court is ordered to grant ‍‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‍relator an out-of-time appeal and appoint counsel to handle the appeal. See Lofton v. Whitley, 905 F.2d 885 (5th Cir.1990); State ex rel. Tucker v. State, 624 So.2d ‍‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‍1211 (La.1993); State ex rel. Banks v. State, 92-1803 (La. 2/11/94). If appointed counsel, after a review of the record, finds no basis for assigning error ‍‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‍on appeal, he or she may follow the procedures set out in State v. Benjamin, 573 So.2d 528, 530 (La.App. 4th Cir.1991). In all ‍‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‍other respects relator’s application is denied.

*149WATSON, J., dissents. DENNIS, J., not on panel.