Supreme Court of Louisiana, 2015

State v. Lampton

State v. Lampton
Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided February 6, 2015 · Hughes
160 So. 3d 582; 2015 La. LEXIS 286; 2015 WL 631154 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

State v. Lampton

Opinion of the Court

HUGHES, J.,

would grant the writ and assigns reasons.

Respectfully, I believe that setting a trial in three weeks’ time that conflicts with a prior setting in a different parish set three months in advance may infringe on the constitutional right to counsel. A trial judge may wish to accommodate the prosecutor’s choice for a trial date and move the docket, but respect should be given to the other trial courts of our state..

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