Case Name: STATE ex rel. Dobie Gillis WILLIAMS v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1998-06-17
Citations: 747 So. 2d 487
Docket Number: No. 98-KD-1643
Parties: STATE ex rel. Dobie Gillis WILLIAMS v. STATE of Louisiana.
Judges: JOHNSON, J., dissents.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 747
Pages: 487–487

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Dobie Gillis WILLIAMS v. STATE of Louisiana.
No. 98-KD-1643.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
June 17, 1998.
Reconsideration Denied June 18, 1998.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The application is denied. When a federal or state district court grants a stay of execution but the order is immediately reversed by the appellate court on the basis that the district court lacked authority, La.Rev.Stat. 15:567 C does not require the setting of a new execution date; the execution may proceed on the date originally fixed.
The merits of relator's post-conviction application should be addressed to the federal courts.
JOHNSON, J., dissents.
Calogero, C.J., not on panel.