State ex rel. Monroe v. Maggio

Jan 3, 1984
No. 83-KP-2651
Reporters:
,
Before:
Calogero

Lead Opinion

In re: Ronald S. Monroe applying for Stay of Execution, Continuance of ‍‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‍Eviden-tiary Hearing and Supervisory Writs of Review to the Criminal District Court, Parish of Orleans, Number 261-647, Section “F”.

Denied.





Dissenting Opinion

CALOGERO and LEMMON, JJ.,

would grant the ‍‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‍requested stay, grant a continuance of one month and order a full eviden-tiary hearing on the newly discovered evidence issue. The ostensible admission, or confession, by ‍‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‍another to the crime (one Stinson) has been uncovered by the defense only recently. That confession, admittedly to a cellmate, was revealed to Pontiac Michigan ‍‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‍police in 1980. Because the death penalty is so final, surely no harm would come from continuing this matter one month to allow the defense ‍‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‍to produce witnesses from Michigan, and having the trial court evaluate this evidence.