Case Name: STATE ex rel. Thomas Lee WARD v. Hilton BUTLER, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1988-10-25
Citations: 532 So. 2d 162
Docket Number: No. 88-KP-2597
Parties: STATE ex rel. Thomas Lee WARD v. Hilton BUTLER, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
Judges: MARCUS and COLE, JJ., dissent from the order.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 532
Pages: 162–162

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Thomas Lee WARD v. Hilton BUTLER, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
No. 88-KP-2597.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Oct. 25, 1988.
Stay of Execution Granted Dec. 30, 1988.

Opinion:
In re Ward, Thomas Lee; —Plaintiff(s); applying for supervisory writ, and writ of habeas corpus; Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. "I", No. 297-030.
Granted. Execution stayed. The case is remanded to the district court for an evi-dentiary hearing. See Penry v. Lynaugh, — U.S. -, 108 S.Ct. 2896, 101 L.Ed.2d 930 (1988).
MARCUS and COLE, JJ., dissent from the order.