Case Name: STATE of Louisiana, ex rel. Bernard FRANCIS v. Ross MAGGIO, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1985-12-02
Citations: 478 So. 2d 1230
Docket Number: No. 84-KH-0017
Parties: STATE of Louisiana, ex rel. Bernard FRANCIS v. Ross MAGGIO, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
Judges: MARCUS and WATSON, JJ., dissent.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 478
Pages: 1230–1230

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana, ex rel. Bernard FRANCIS v. Ross MAGGIO, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
No. 84-KH-0017.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Dec. 2, 1985.

Opinion:
In re Bernard Francis, applying for supervisory writs, Criminal District Court, Parish of Orleans, No. 244-219.
Granted. Relator's apparently strong showing of mitigating circumstances, and our familiarity with the trial court's sentencing remarks in similar cases, raise some doubt as to whether the court was fully informed of its alternatives at the time of sentencing in this case. Accordingly, relator's sentence is vacated and this case is remanded to the trial court for resentencing in accord with the law.
MARCUS and WATSON, JJ., dissent.