Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Melvin Dean FORD
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1978-03-17
Citations: 355 So. 2d 940
Docket Number: No. 61664
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Melvin Dean FORD.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 355
Pages: 940–940

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Melvin Dean FORD.
No. 61664.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
March 17, 1978.

Opinion:
In re: Melvin Dean Ford applying for supervisory and remedial writs. Parish of Orleans.
Writ granted.
The petition of the relator in the above entitled and numbered case having been duly considered,
It is ordered that a Writ of Certiorari issue herein, directing the Honorable Frank A. Marullo, Jr., Judge of the Criminal District Court, for the Parish of Orleans, to transmit to the Supreme Court of Louisiana, on or before the 31st day of March, 1978, the record in duplicate, or a certified copy of the record in duplicate, of the proceedings complained of by the relator herein, to the end that the validity of said proceedings may be ascertained.
It is further ordered that the aforesaid Judge of said Court and the respondent through counsel shall show cause, in this court, on a date to be fixed by this court, at 10 o'clock A.M., why the relief prayed for in the petition of the relator should not be granted.