Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1994

State ex rel. Young v. Whitley

Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided April 22, 1994 · Dennis, Deny, Marcus, Watson, Writ

637 So. 2d 147; 1994 La. LEXIS 1045; 1994 WL 146055 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Cases that cite this one

2 later published cases cite this decision.

State ex rel. Martin v. State (La. 1996)
State v. Wise (La. 1996)

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Opinion of the Court

In re Young, Jim; — Plaintiffs); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writ; Parish of Bossier, 26th Judicial District Court, Div. “D”, No. 60,065; to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, No. 23874-KW.

Writ granted; case remanded to the district court. The district court is ordered to appoint counsel for relator for purposes of conducting an evidentiary hearing at which it will determine whether relator was wearing identifiable prison garb at trial and, if he was, whether his attorney’s failure to raise the issue at trial constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel under the standard set out in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984).

MARCUS and WATSON, JJ., would deny the writ. DENNIS, J., not on panel.

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