State v. Hayes

Supreme Court of Louisiana
State v. Hayes, 865 So. 2d 692 (La. 2004)
2004 La. LEXIS 17; 2004 WL 67979

State v. Hayes

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Granted. The judgment of the district court assessing attorneys fees against the state for its failure to raise in a more timely manner its procedural objections to the application for post-conviction relief filed in the present case is set aside. The district court did not order the state to file its procedural objections as a matter of La.C.Cr.P. art. 927 at any time, and the court had no basis in law or in fact for sanctioning the state after it filed and ultimately prevailed on its procedural objection that the claim, asserting discrimination in the selection of the grand jury which returned the indictment, had been defaulted on the merits by trial counsel’s failure to file a motion to quash. See Deloche v. Whitley, 96-1901, p. 1 (La.11/22/96), 684 So.2d 349.

Reference

Full Case Name
STATE of Louisiana v. Darrin HAYES
Status
Published