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STATE of Louisiana v. Mary Henderson TRAHAN
    No. 2016-KP-2150
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    August 31, 2018
    ON SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF LAFAYETTE
   PER CURIAM:

Writ granted. Relator's claim that counsel provided ineffective assistance at trial, and in particular that counsel erred in failing "to introduce any evidence in support of the hypothesis of innocence proposed by defense counsel [in opening remarks]," as noted by this court on direct review, State v. Trahan , 11-1609, pp. 8-9 (La. 7/2/12), 97 So.3d 994, 998-999, merits a full evidentiary hearing conducted in accordance with La.C.Cr.P. art. 930. No witnesses testified at the hearing held in the district court and no evidence was presented. Therefore, we are unable to adequately review relator's claim at this time. Accordingly, we remand to the district court to reconsider its ruling after conducting a full evidentiary hearing.

REMANDED

GUIDRY, J., would deny.

CLARK, J., would deny.

GENOVESE, J., would deny.