State ex rel. Wood v. State

Supreme Court of Louisiana
State ex rel. Wood v. State, 755 So. 2d 245 (La. 2000)
2000 La. LEXIS 750; 2000 WL 270841
Lemmon

State ex rel. Wood v. State

Opinion of the Court

In re Wood, Douglas; Applying for Reconsideration of this Court’s Order dated January 7, 2000; Parish of Bossier; 26th Judicial District Court Div. “D” Number 88,392; to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, Numbers 32688-KH and 32788-KH

Granted in part; case remanded to the district court. The district court is ordered to appoint counsel for purposes of holding a hearing at which it will determine whether relator is entitled to an out-*246of-time appeal under the rule of State v. Counterman, 475 So.2d 336, 340 (La. 1985) (out-of-time appeal may be appropriate in cases in which either “the defendant was not substantially notified at sentencing of his right to appeal or those in which the defense attorney was at fault in failing to file or perfect a timely appeal.”).

LEMMON, J., not on panel.

Reference

Full Case Name
STATE ex rel. Douglas WOOD v. STATE of Louisiana
Status
Published