Case Name: STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Jesse James WASHINGTON and Louis Hall v. C. Murray HENDERSON, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, and Elayn Hunt, Director of Corrections of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1974-04-19
Citations: 293 So. 2d 175
Docket Number: No. 54621
Parties: STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Jesse James WASHINGTON and Louis Hall v. C. Murray HENDERSON, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, and Elayn Hunt, Director of Corrections of Louisiana.
Judges: DIXON, J., concurs. The correct sentence is “life imprisonment at hard labor.”
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 293
Pages: 175–175

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Jesse James WASHINGTON and Louis Hall v. C. Murray HENDERSON, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, and Elayn Hunt, Director of Corrections of Louisiana.
No. 54621.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
April 19, 1974.

Opinion:
In re: Jesse James Washington and Louis Hall applying for Writs of Certiora-ri, Prohibition and Mandamus.
Writ granted. The trial judge is ordered to resentence the defendants according to law, without specifying the nature of the confinement.
DIXON, J., concurs. The correct sentence is "life imprisonment at hard labor."