Case Name: STATE ex rel. Sherman GILLS v. Larry SMITH, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1990-06-11
Citations: 563 So. 2d 1159
Docket Number: No. 90-KH-0962
Parties: STATE ex rel. Sherman GILLS v. Larry SMITH, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 563
Pages: 1159–1160

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Sherman GILLS v. Larry SMITH, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
No. 90-KH-0962.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
June 11, 1990.

Opinion:
In re Gills, Sherman; — Plaintiff(s); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writs; Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. "G", No. 261-754.
The relator represents that the district court has failed to act timely on an application for post conviction relief he has filed via certified mail in February, 1990. If relator's representation is correct, the district court is ordered to consider and act on the application. If relator's representation is incorrect, the district court is ordered to accept, file, and act upon the relator's appli cation which is herewith transferred to the district court.