Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Ashley DIETZ
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2019-01-28
Citations: 262 So. 3d 278
Docket Number: No. 2016-KP-1538
Parties: STATE of Louisiana
v.
Ashley DIETZ
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 262
Pages: 278–279

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Ashley DIETZ
No. 2016-KP-1538
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
January 28, 2019
ON SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ORLEANS

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Writ granted in part. The district court erred in summarily ruling that the application for post-conviction relief, which is based on a sealed videotaped interview with the victim to which post-conviction counsel did not obtain access until 2016, is barred by the post-conviction limitations period. See La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.8(A)(1). Accordingly, we grant the application in part and remand to the district court to conduct an evidentiary hearing on the claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. In addition, the district court is ordered to allow the transcription of the victim's videotaped interview, which is to be introduced into evidence and maintained under seal. In all other respects, the application is denied.
GUIDRY, J., would deny.
CLARK, J., would deny.