Case Name: STATE ex rel. Samuel KELLY v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2014-07-31
Citations: 146 So. 3d 543
Docket Number: No. 2013-KH-2670
Parties: STATE ex rel. Samuel KELLY v. STATE of Louisiana.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 146
Pages: 543–543

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Samuel KELLY v. STATE of Louisiana.
No. 2013-KH-2670.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
July 31, 2014.

Opinion:
HUGHES, J.
As the writ report acknowledges, the state's "key witness" committed perjury on the stand, and the state dismissed a rule to revoke his probation, while the witness testified the state made him no promises. The defendant was convicted of murder primarily on the testimony of this one witness with no physical evidence. I would grant the writ to order an evidentiary hearing.