State ex rel. Knapper v. Butler
State ex rel. Knapper v. Butler
545 So. 2d 1045; 1989 La. LEXIS 1622; 1989 WL 65002
(Southern Reporter, Second Series)
State ex rel. Knapper v. Butler
Opinion of the Court
In re Knapper, Issac J.; applying for supervisory and/or remedial writs; Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. āGā, No. 270-437.
Granted. The district court is ordered to appoint counsel and conduct an evidentiary hearing at which relator will have the opportunity to establish, if he can, entitlement to relief on the basis of his claim that the state withheld a statement regarding possession of the murder weapon on the date of the offense which was both favorable and material.
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