Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1996

State v. Bright

Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided December 20, 1996 · Appeal, Application, Art, Calogero, Const, Entertain, Grant, Had, Has, Imposed, Lemmon, Marcus, Next, Penalty, Remand, Stay

684 So. 2d 954; 1996 La. LEXIS 3676; 1996 WL 755173 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Opinion of the Court

In re Bright, Dan; — Defendant(s); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writs; Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. “F”, No. 376-994.

Denied.

CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the stay and entertain the application at the next conference. MARCUS, J., would grant and remand to the court of appeal. This Court had no appellate jurisdiction since a penalty of death has not been actually imposed. La. Const, art. V, Section 5(D). LEMMON, J., not on panel.

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