Case Name: STATE ex rel. Charles BALLET v. Frank BLACKBURN Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1988-10-21
Citations: 532 So. 2d 139
Docket Number: No. 88-KP-1650
Parties: STATE ex rel. Charles BALLET v. Frank BLACKBURN Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 532
Pages: 139–139

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Charles BALLET v. Frank BLACKBURN Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
No. 88-KP-1650.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Oct. 21, 1988.

Opinion:
In re Ballet, Charles; applying for writ of review, supervisory and/or remedial; Parish of Madison, 6th Judicial District Court, Div. "B", No. 15474.
Granted. The judgment of the district court is vacated. The case is remanded to the district court for trial anew of relator's post-conviction relief application. The affidavit of the relator's deceased attorney and the testimony of witnesses Ballet and Casi-mire concerning their alleged conversations with that attorney shall be admissible upon re-trial.