Case Name: STATE ex rel. Gregory BRIGHT v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1997-10-31
Citations: 701 So. 2d 1322
Docket Number: No. 96-KH-2537
Parties: STATE ex rel. Gregory BRIGHT v. STATE of Louisiana.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 701
Pages: 1322–1323

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Gregory BRIGHT v. STATE of Louisiana.
No. 96-KH-2537.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Oct. 31, 1997.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Writ granted. The district court judge who denied relator's petition for post-conviction relief prosecuted relator for the instant crime over twenty years ago. Although this appears to have been inadvertent, he should have been recused from the post-conviction relief proceeding. La.Code Crim.P. art. 671(A)(3). Therefore, the trial court's ruling on the relator's application for post-eonvietion relief is vacated. This case is remanded to the district court for reassignment to another judge to rule on relator's application for post-conviction relief.
Kimball, J., not on panel. Rule IV, Part 2, § 3.