State ex rel. Green v. State

Supreme Court of Louisiana
State ex rel. Green v. State, 158 So. 3d 825 (La. 2015)
2015 La. LEXIS 363; 2015 WL 894570

State ex rel. Green v. State

Opinion of the Court

In re Green, Robert Neal; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Calcasieu, 14th Judicial District Court Div. G, No. 9276-10; to the Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, No. KH14-00132.

Writ granted; 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-of-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.”).

Reference

Full Case Name
STATE ex rel. Robert Neal GREEN v. STATE of Louisiana
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1 case
Status
Published