Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1997

State ex rel. Bright v. State

Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided October 31, 1997

701 So. 2d 1322; 1997 La. LEXIS 3528; 1997 WL 707045 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

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State ex rel. McKenzie v. State (La. 1999)

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM. *

Writ granted. The district court judge who denied relator’s petition for post-conviction relief prosecuted relator for the instant crime over twenty years ago. Although this appears to have been inadvertent, he should have been recused from the post-conviction relief proceeding. La.Code Crim.P. art. 671(A)(3). Therefore, the trial court’s ruling *1323on the relator’s application for post-eonvietion relief is vacated. This case is remanded to the district court for reassignment to another judge to rule on relator’s application for post-conviction relief.

Kimball, J., not on panel. Rule IV, Part 2, § 3.

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