Case Name: STATE ex rel. Melvin RAYFORD v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2001-08-24
Citations: 795 So. 2d 321
Docket Number: No. 2000-KH-2830
Parties: STATE ex rel. Melvin RAYFORD v. STATE of Louisiana.
Judges: JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ application, being of the opinion that this life sentence is constitutionally excessive and grossly out of proportion to the severity of the crime.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 795
Pages: 321–321

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Melvin RAYFORD v. STATE of Louisiana.
No. 2000-KH-2830.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Aug. 24, 2001.

Opinion:
In re Rayford, Melvin — Plaintiff; Applying for Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court Div. B, No. 349-817; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 2000-K-1627.
Writ denied.
JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ application, being of the opinion that this life sentence is constitutionally excessive and grossly out of proportion to the severity of the crime.