Case Name: STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Robert D. STOKES v. Warden Frank C. BLACKBURN, Louisiana State Penitentiary
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1980-02-22
Citations: 380 So. 2d 1215
Docket Number: No. 66377
Parties: STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Robert D. STOKES v. Warden Frank C. BLACKBURN, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
Judges: BLANCHE, J., would deny the writ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 380
Pages: 1215–1215

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Robert D. STOKES v. Warden Frank C. BLACKBURN, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
No. 66377.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Feb. 22, 1980.

Opinion:
In re Robert D. Stokes, applying for writ of habeas corpus. Parish of Beauregard. No. C-661 — 79.
Writ granted. Remanded for an eviden-tiary hearing on whether there was an intelligent waiver of counsel at time guilty plea was entered January 13, 1961. See Kitchens v. Smith, 401 U.S. 847, 91 S.Ct. 1089, 28 L.Ed.2d 519 (1971) and Hall v. Henderson, 318 So.2d 12 (La.1975).
BLANCHE, J., would deny the writ.