Case Name: STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Robert SAWYER v. Ross MAGGIO, Jr., Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1984-05-10
Citations: 450 So. 2d 355
Docket Number: No. 84-KP-0919
Parties: STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Robert SAWYER v. Ross MAGGIO, Jr., Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 450
Pages: 355–355

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Robert SAWYER v. Ross MAGGIO, Jr., Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
No. 84-KP-0919.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 10, 1984.

Opinion:
In re Robert Sawyer, applying for writ of review and stay of execution to the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court, Parish of Jefferson, No. 79-2841, Division G.
In view of the fact that counsel assigned by the trial judge in this capital case was not admitted to the bar for at least five years prior to trial as required by La.Code Crim.P. art. 512 and considering defendant's contentions relative to ineffective assistance .of counsel, we grant the application, stay the execution and remand the case to the district court with instructions to the trial judge to conduct an evidentiary hearing on whether defendant received effective assistance of counsel and to reconsider defendant's entire application in light of that evidence.