Case Name: STATE ex rel. James COPELAND v. Larry D. SMITH, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1990-02-21
Citations: 556 So. 2d 1250
Docket Number: No. 90-KP-0378
Parties: STATE ex rel. James COPELAND v. Larry D. SMITH, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
Judges: COLE, J., dissents from the order and assigns reasons.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 556
Pages: 1250–1251

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. James COPELAND v. Larry D. SMITH, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
No. 90-KP-0378.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Feb. 21, 1990.
L. Eades Hogue, Terry A. McCall, Thomas M. Benjamin, Charles Livaudais, Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, for applicant-plaintiff.
Duncan S. Kemp, III, Dist. Atty., for respondent-defendant.

Opinion:
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY OF EXECUTION, SUPERVISORY WRITS AND WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
PER CURIAM.
GRANTED. Execution is stayed pending further orders of this Court.
Evidentiary hearing ordered on all claims for relief. The trial judge is ordered to reconsider his ruling on the recusal motion and assign written reasons for his ruling prior to holding the evidentiary hearing.