Case Name: STATE ex rel. Willie Lawrence CELESTINE v. Frank BLACKBURN, Wdn. Louisiana State Penitentiary
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1984-11-06
Citations: 457 So. 2d 1180
Docket Number: No. 84-KD-1903
Parties: STATE ex rel. Willie Lawrence CELESTINE v. Frank BLACKBURN, Wdn. Louisiana State Penitentiary.
Judges: DIXON, C.J., and CALOGERO, J., would stay the execution and remand the case to the trial court for an evidentiary hearing on ineffective counsel in the sentencing phase.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 457
Pages: 1180–1180

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Willie Lawrence CELESTINE v. Frank BLACKBURN, Wdn. Louisiana State Penitentiary.
No. 84-KD-1903.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Nov. 6, 1984.

Opinion:
In re: Celestine, Willie Lawrence, Applying for Stay of Execution, Supervisory and Writs of Habeas Corpus Parish of Lafayette 15th Judicial District Court, Div. "I" No. 46125.
Denied.
DIXON, C.J., and CALOGERO, J., would stay the execution and remand the case to the trial court for an evidentiary hearing on ineffective counsel in the sentencing phase.