Case Name: STATE ex rel. Douglas WOOD v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2000-02-25
Citations: 755 So. 2d 245
Docket Number: No. 1999-KH-2300
Parties: STATE ex rel. Douglas WOOD v. STATE of Louisiana.
Judges: LEMMON, J., not on panel.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 755
Pages: 245–246

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Douglas WOOD v. STATE of Louisiana.
No. 1999-KH-2300.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Feb. 25, 2000.

Opinion:
In re Wood, Douglas; Applying for Reconsideration of this Court's Order dated January 7, 2000; Parish of Bossier; 26th Judicial District Court Div. "D" Number 88,392; to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, Numbers 32688-KH and 32788-KH
Granted in part; case remanded to the district court. The district court is ordered to appoint counsel for purposes of holding a hearing at which it will determine whether relator is entitled to an out- of-time appeal under the rule of State v. Counterman, 475 So.2d 336, 340 (La.1985) (out-of-time appeal may be appropriate in cases in which either "the defendant was not substantially notified at sentencing of his right to appeal or those in which the defense attorney was at fault in failing to file or perfect a timely appeal.").
LEMMON, J., not on panel.