James v. Butler
James v. Butler
Concurring Opinion
would grant an evidentiary hearing on the Caldwell and Brady issues. Relative to the latter, relator would likely have been convicted, as a principal non-trigger man, of first degree murder (assuming the police report information is borne out establishing that relator’s accomplice, Levon Price, lied at trial on a crucial point in his testimony). Whether relator would have been sentenced to death is entirely another matter. If the undis
Opinion of the Court
In re James, Antonio; —Plaintiff(s); Applying for Writ of Habeas Corpus, Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs; Parish of Orleans Criminal District Court Div. “H” Number 271-107
Denied.
Concurring Opinion
would grant an evidentiary hearing on the Brady matter, and would stay the execution pending disposition by U.S. Supreme Court of the pending case of Penry v. Lynaugh, — U.S. -, 108 S.Ct. 2896, 101 L.Ed.2d 930 (1988).
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