Supreme Court of Louisiana, 2017

State ex rel. Morris v. State

State ex rel. Morris v. State
Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided January 9, 2017
208 So. 3d 364; 2017 La. LEXIS 8 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

State ex rel. Morris v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM:

|!Writ granted. The district court’s ruling summarily denying relator’s post-conviction application is vacated, and the district court is directed to notify relator of any deficiencies in his application and afford relator the opportunity to correct them. See generally State ex rel. Johnson v. Maggio, 440 So.2d 1336, 1337 (La. 1983) (a pro-se petitioner “is not to be denied access to the courts for review of his case on the merits by the overzealous application of form and pleading requirements or hyper-technical interpretations of court rules.”).

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