Case Name: STATE ex rel. Earl TRUVIA v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1998-02-06
Citations: 709 So. 2d 723
Docket Number: No. 96-KH-1278
Parties: STATE ex rel. Earl TRUVIA v. STATE of Louisiana.
Judges: VICTORY, J., not on panel.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 709
Pages: 723–723

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Earl TRUVIA v. STATE of Louisiana.
No. 96-KH-1278.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Feb. 6, 1998.

Opinion:
In Re Earl Truvia applying for reconsideration to this Court's denial dated October 10, 1997, from the Criminal District Court, Parish of Orleans, Div. "B" No. 252-514B.
Reconsideration granted. The district court judge who denied relator's petition for post-conviction relief prosecuted relator for the instant crime over twenty years ago. Although this appears to have been inadvertent, he should have been recused from the post-conviction relief proceeding. La.C.Cr.P. art. 671(A)(3). Therefore, the trial court's ruling on the relator's application for post-conviction relief is vacated. This case is remanded to the district court for reassignment to another judge to rule on relator's application for post-conviction relief.
VICTORY, J., not on panel.