Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1985

State ex rel. Burge v. Maggio

State ex rel. Burge v. Maggio
Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided April 19, 1985 · Lemmon
466 So. 2d 451; 1985 La. LEXIS 8549 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

State ex rel. Burge v. Maggio

Opinion of the Court

In re: Mark A. Burge, applying for writ of Certiorari and/or Habeas Corpus to the 22nd Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany, Number 53,767.

Denied.

Concurring Opinion

LEMMON, J.,

concurs.

The death penalty could not have been validly imposed at the time of trial for aggravated kidnapping, because of Eberh-eart v. Georgia, 433 U.S. 917, 97 S.Ct. 2994, 53 L.Ed.2d 1104 (1977). Therefore, it was statutory error to utilize capital sentencing procedures for relator’s trial, but statutory grounds generally are not grounds for postconviction relief. La.C. Cr.P. Art. 930.3.

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