Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Jerome HINES
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2005-03-18
Citations: 896 So. 2d 987
Docket Number: No. 2004-KP-2868
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Jerome HINES.
Judges: JOHNSON, J., would deny the writ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 896
Pages: 987–988

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Jerome HINES.
No. 2004-KP-2868.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
March 18, 2005.

Opinion:
In re State of Louisiana; — Plaintiff; Applying for Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court Div. H, No. 335-090; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 2004-K-1826.
Writ granted; sentence reinstated. Relator's filing below, properly considered as an application for post-conviction relief, was untimely by a matter of twelve years and should not have been considered on the merits by the district court. La. C.Cr.P. art. 930.8; State ex rel. Glover v. State, 93-2330 (La.9/5/95), 660 So.2d 1189; La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.3; State ex rel. Melinie v. State, 93-1380 (La.1/12/96), 665 So.2d 1172.
JOHNSON, J., would deny the writ.