Case Name: STATE ex rel. Lionel HALPHEN v. John P. WHITLEY, Warden
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1994-04-22
Citations: 637 So. 2d 148
Docket Number: No. 92-KH-3306
Parties: STATE ex rel. Lionel HALPHEN v. John P. WHITLEY, Warden.
Judges: WATSON, J., dissents.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 637
Pages: 148–149

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Lionel HALPHEN v. John P. WHITLEY, Warden.
No. 92-KH-3306.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
April 22, 1994.

Opinion:
In re Halphen, Lionel; — Plaintiff(s); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writ; Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. "E", No. 273-072.
Granted in part; denied in part. The district court is ordered to grant relator an out-of-time appeal and appoint counsel to handle the appeal. See Lofton v. Whitley, 905 F.2d 885 (5th Cir.1990); State ex rel. Tucker v. State, 624 So.2d 1211 (La.1993); State ex rel. Banks v. State, 92-1803 (La. 2/11/94). If appointed counsel, after a review of the record, finds no basis for assigning error on appeal, he or she may follow the procedures set out in State v. Benjamin, 573 So.2d 528, 530 (La.App. 4th Cir.1991). In all other respects relator's application is denied.
WATSON, J., dissents.
DENNIS, J., not on panel.