Case Name: STATE ex rel. Leon BATISTE v. Hon. Tom J. MALIK, Judge, 40th Judicial District Court
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1988-04-29
Citations: 523 So. 2d 1328
Docket Number: No. 88-KH-0840
Parties: STATE ex rel. Leon BATISTE v. Hon. Tom J. MALIK, Judge, 40th Judicial District Court.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 523
Pages: 1328–1329

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Leon BATISTE v. Hon. Tom J. MALIK, Judge, 40th Judicial District Court.
No. 88-KH-0840.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
April 29, 1988.

Opinion:
In re Batiste, Leon; applying for supervisory/remedial writs; Parish of St. John the Baptist, 40th Judicial District Court, Div. "B", No. 83-0164; to the Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, No. 88-KH-0049.
Because it appears the issues relator wishes to raise at an evidentiary hearing have been resolved adversely to him by the Court of Appeal, the petition for a writ of mandamus is denied. However, relator may, if he chooses, file a post conviction application in this Court arguing his claims of involuntary guilty plea and ineffective counsel as raised in the courts below.