State ex rel. Lewis v. State

Supreme Court of Louisiana
State ex rel. Lewis v. State, 693 So. 2d 781 (La. 1997)
1997 La. LEXIS 1623; 1997 WL 267549
Victory

State ex rel. Lewis v. State

Opinion of the Court

In re Lewis, Ernest; — Plaintiff(s); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writ; *782Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. “F”, No. 304-693; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 95KW-0913.

Writ granted in part; case remanded. The district court is ordered to appoint counsel and hold a hearing at which it will determine if the state’s failure to disclose that the victim initially reported that he could not identify relator, as recorded in police report No. 1-8507-84, p. 7, denied relator a fair trial. See Kyles v. Whitley, 514 U.S. 419, -, 115 S.Ct. 1555, 1566, 131 L.Ed.2d 490 (1995); United States v. Agurs, 427 U.S. 97, 112, 96 S.Ct. 2392, 2400, 49 L.Ed.2d 342 (1976); State v. Strickland, 94-0025, p. 38 (La. 11/1/96), 683 So.2d 218, 234. In all other respects, the application is denied.

VICTORY, J., not on panel.

Reference

Full Case Name
STATE ex rel. Ernest LEWIS v. STATE of Louisiana
Status
Published