Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1993

State v. Washington

State v. Washington
Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided April 23, 1993 · Calogero, Dennis, Grant, Hearing, Lemmon, Ortique, Reasons
616 So. 2d 671; 1993 La. LEXIS 1502; 1993 WL 130288 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

State v. Washington

Opinion of the Court

In re Washington, Eugene; — Defendants); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writs; Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div.“B”, No. 302-319; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 92KW-1478.

Denied.

LEMMON, J., concurs with reasons. CALOGERO, C.J., and ORTIQUE, J., would grant and order an evidentiary hearing. DENNIS, J., not on panel.

Concurring Opinion

LEMMON, Justice,

concurring.

In his application for post-conviction relief relator makes no showing that the subpoenaed witness who could not be served for his trial at the address given has now been located. Therefore, even if his trial attorney had asked for (and obtained) a continuance, there is no showing that the result would have been different in a trial after the continuance. Moreover, relator’s alibi testimony that he was at a birthday party at the time of the crime could have been corroborated by other witnesses from the party. Relator fails to meet the prejudice prong of Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984).

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