State ex rel. Warde v. Whitley

Supreme Court of Louisiana
State ex rel. Warde v. Whitley, 604 So. 2d 959 (La. 1992)
1992 La. LEXIS 2658; 1992 WL 238543

State ex rel. Warde v. Whitley

Opinion of the Court

In re Warde, James; — Plaintiff(s); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writs; Parish of St. Tammany, 22nd Judicial District Court, Div. “D”, Nos. 68,885, 68,886.

Granted in part; denied in part. The district court is ordered to appoint relator counsel and to conduct an evidentiary hearing on relator’s claims that the state breached the terms of a plea bargain by extraditing him back to Louisiana to finish the remainder of his prison term for armed robbery and that his guilty plea was other*960wise rendered involuntary by threats and physical abuse. In all other respects the application is denied.

Reference

Full Case Name
STATE ex rel. James WARDE v. John WHITLEY, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary
Status
Published