Case ID: so2d_302/html/0030-04.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "SUMMERS, J.,", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Anderson THOMAS v. C. Murray HENDERSON, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
    No. 55307.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Oct. 25, 1974.
   In re: Anderson Thomas applying for Writs of Habeas Corpus and Certiorari.

Writ granted. The indictment for aggravated kidnapping complied with the law in force at the time. See La.R.S. 15:235 (1950). However, an evidentiary hearing is ordered on the issue of a knowing and intelligent plea of guilty.

SUMMERS, J.,

dissents from the granting of this writ on the issue of the volun-tariness of the guilty plea.

No single fact is alleged to support ap-. plicant’s contention that his guilty plea was not freely and voluntarily entered, or that he was unaware of the consequences of his plea. Only conclusory allegations are set forth. In my view, therefore, “it appears by the petition itself or by the documents annexed to it that the person in custody is not entitled to be set at liberty.” La.Code Crim.Proc. art. 354. To require the trial judge to reconstruct the facts surrounding this plea ten years thereafter without the slightest cause therefore is unrealistic and unduly burdens the administration of justice.