Case Name: STATE ex rel. Alvin Scott LOYD, v. R. Hilton BUTLEE, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1987-11-06
Citations: 514 So. 2d 446
Docket Number: No. 87-KP-2212
Parties: STATE ex rel. Alvin Scott LOYD, v. R. Hilton BUTLEE, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
Judges: MARCUS, WATSON and COLE, JJ., concur in the clarification but dissent from this Court’s order dated October 12, 1987.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 514
Pages: 446–447

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Alvin Scott LOYD, v. R. Hilton BUTLEE, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
No. 87-KP-2212.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Nov. 6, 1987.
MARCUS, WATSON and COLE, JJ., concur in the clarification but dissent from this Court’s order dated October 12, 1987.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Motion for clarification granted. This court's order of October 12,1987, 513 So.2d 298, is modified to order the district court to conduct an evidentiary hearing on the following claims in relator's application for postconviction relief:
1. Ineffective assistance of counsel,
2. Newly discovered evidence of mental disease or defect, and
3. Improper communications by bailiff and trial judge with members of the jury.
4. Trial court's denial of sufficient funds to retain a competent and neutral psychiatrist.
After the hearing, the district court shall rule on the claims. The application is otherwise denied.