Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1994

State v. Haynes

State v. Haynes
Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided September 30, 1994 · Dennis
642 So. 2d 861; 1994 La. LEXIS 2318; 1994 WL 534214 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

State v. Haynes

Opinion of the Court

In re Haynes, Brandon; — Defendant(s); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writs; Parish of Caddo, First Judicial District Court, Div. “B”, No. 166,637.

Granted. The portion of the defendant’s motion which raised the uneonstitutionality of LSA-C.Cr.P. art. 905.2(B) is granted. The trial court is ordered to comply with this court’s ruling in State v. Lester Jones, 94-0459 (7/5/94), 639 So.2d 1144 (La. 1994), and is not to instruct the jury regarding the governor’s power to grant a reprieve, pardon or commutation of sentence.

DENNIS, J., not on panel.

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