Case Name: STATE of Louisiana ex rel. John THOMPSON v. C. Murray HENDERSON, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1974-09-18
Citations: 299 So. 2d 797
Docket Number: No. 55080
Parties: STATE of Louisiana ex rel. John THOMPSON v. C. Murray HENDERSON, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 299
Pages: 797–797

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana ex rel. John THOMPSON v. C. Murray HENDERSON, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
No. 55080.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Sept. 18, 1974.

Opinion:
In re: John Thompson applying for writ of certiorari, prohibition and mandamus.
Granted. (See Order).
The petition of the relator in the above entitled and numbered case having been duly considered,
It is ordered that a writ of certiorari issue herein, directing the Honorable Bernard J. Bagert, Sr., Judge of the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans, to transmit to the Supreme Court of Louisiana, on or before the 7th day of October, 1974, the record in duplicate, or a certified copy of the record in duplicate, of the proceedings complained of by the relator herein, to the end that the validity of said proceedings may be ascertained.
It is further ordered that the aforesaid Judge of said Court and the respondent through counsel shall show cause, in this court, on the 6th day of December, 1974, at 10 o'clock A.M., why the relief prayed for in the petition of the relator should not be granted.