Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Alvin ABBOTT
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1987-06-19
Citations: 508 So. 2d 80
Docket Number: No. 87-CQ-1255
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Alvin ABBOTT.
Judges: CALOGERO, J., would grant the requested certification and bring the case up for briefing, argument and opinion.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 508
Pages: 80–81

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Alvin ABBOTT.
No. 87-CQ-1255.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
June 19, 1987.
Rehearing Denied Sept. 4, 1987.

Opinion:
In re Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal— Other; applying for certified question; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. KW-7602; Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. "C", No. 299-714.
Certification granted. In response to the certified question, Louisiana Act 851 of 1986 should be applied retroactively to uphold the validity of habitual offender proceedings where orders of appeal were entered prior to the sentencing of the defendants as habitual offenders.
CALOGERO, J., would grant the requested certification and bring the case up for briefing, argument and opinion.