State ex rel. Sawyer v. Whitley

Supreme Court of Louisiana
State ex rel. Sawyer v. Whitley, 602 So. 2d 9 (La. 1992)
1992 La. LEXIS 2469; 1992 WL 187114
Cole, From, Hall, Marcus, Motion, Stay

State ex rel. Sawyer v. Whitley

Opinion of the Court

In re Sawyer, Robert Wayne; — Plaintiffs); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writs; Parish of Jefferson, Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court, Div. “G”, No. 79-2841.

Stay granted. Two cases are on this Court’s September docket which present issues arising out of State v. Cage, 554 So.2d 39 (La. 1989), and Cage v. Louisiana, 498 U.S. 39, 111 S.Ct. 328, 112 L.Ed.2d 339 (1990) (per curiam). State ex rel. Guillot v. Whitley, 595 So.2d 642 (La. 1992), and State ex rel. Taylor v. Whitley, 595 So.2d 642 (La. 1992). For that reason, the scheduling of an execution date in this case is stayed until further orders of this Court.

MARCUS, COLE and HALL, JJ., dissent from this order and would grant motion to vacate stay.

Reference

Full Case Name
STATE ex rel. Robert Wayne SAWYER v. John P. WHITLEY, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary
Status
Published