State ex rel. Burge v. Maggio
State ex rel. Burge v. Maggio
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
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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