State ex rel. Shilling v. Whitley

Supreme Court of Louisiana
State ex rel. Shilling v. Whitley, 637 So. 2d 459 (La. 1994)
1994 La. LEXIS 1124; 1994 WL 159773
Dennis

State ex rel. Shilling v. Whitley

Opinion of the Court

In re Shilling, John; — Plain tiff(s); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writ; Parish of Jefferson, 24th Judicial District Court, Div. “C”, No. 81-665.-

Denied. Although the district court erred in denying without a hearing relator’s application for post-conviction relief on the basis of LSA-C.Cr.P. art. 930.8, and although relator presents a colorable claim that a witness at his trial may have entered into a plea bargain arrangement which the district attorney did not disclose and as to which the witness testified falsely, relator’s claim that the state knowingly used perjured testimony to convict him ultimately lacks merit. After undertaking a review of the record, this Court finds that given the other evidence against him, there is no reasonable likelihood that the alleged false testimony could have affected the outcome of the trial. Napue v. Illinois, 360 U.S. 264, 79 S.Ct. 1173, 3 L.Ed.2d 1217 (1959); Giglio v. United States, 405 U.S. 150, 92 S.Ct. 763, 31 L.Ed.2d 104 (1972).

DENNIS, J., not on panel.

Reference

Full Case Name
STATE ex rel. John SHILLING v. John P. WHITLEY, Warden
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4 cases
Status
Published