State ex rel. Hills v. Lensing

In re Hills, Arthur Lee; — Plaintiffs); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writs; Parish of Lafourche, 17th Judicial District Court, Div. “D”, No. 201,360; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. KW92 1864.

Writ granted in part; otherwise denied. The district court is ordered to appoint counsel for relator for purposes of conducting an evidentiary hearing at which it will determine whether the appointment of initial defense counsel Stephen Caillouet as an assistant district attorney, and prosecution of relator’s ease by his brother, assistant district attorney Martin Caillouet, resulted in prejudice to relator and so justified disqualification of Martin from the prosecution, and if so, whether the failure by successor defense counsel to move to disqualify Martin constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel under the standard set out in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 688, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 2065, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1994).

LEMMON, J., would deny the application. JOHNSON, J., not on panel.

Case Details

Case Name: State ex rel. Hills v. Lensing

Court Name: Supreme Court of Louisiana

Date Published: Dec 9, 1994

Citation: 647 So. 2d 1102

Docket Number: No. 93-KH-0267

Court Abbreviation: La.