Case Name: STATE ex rel. Robert NORWOOD v. Frank BLACKBURN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1987-09-04
Citations: 511 So. 2d 1143
Docket Number: No. 86-KH-2090
Parties: STATE ex rel. Robert NORWOOD v. Frank BLACKBURN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 511
Pages: 1143–1143

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Robert NORWOOD v. Frank BLACKBURN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
No. 86-KH-2090.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Sept. 4, 1987.

Opinion:
In re Norwood, Robert; applying for writ of certiorari and/or review, and mandamus; Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. "D", No. 279-452.
Granted. Relator's convictions for both attempted first degree murder and armed robbery violate double jeopardy. State ex rel. Wikberg v. Henderson, 292 So.2d 505 (La.1974). Accordingly, relator's conviction and sentence for attempted first degree murder are vacated. State v. Doughty, 379 So.2d 1088 (La.1980).