Case Name: STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Waldo SHORT v. Frank C. BLACKBURN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1986-05-12
Citations: 488 So. 2d 190
Docket Number: No. 85-KH-1802
Parties: STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Waldo SHORT v. Frank C. BLACKBURN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
Judges: MARCUS and BLANCHE, JJ., dissent from the order.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 488
Pages: 190–191

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Waldo SHORT v. Frank C. BLACKBURN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
No. 85-KH-1802.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 12, 1986.

Opinion:
In re Short, Waldo, applying for remedial writs from the Criminal District Court, Par ish of Orleans, Nos. 229-163, 205-383, 184-325.
Granted. The case is remanded to the district court for an evidentiary hearing to determine whether relator's life sentence as a multiple offender constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. See Solem v. Helm, 463 U.S. 277, 103 S.Ct. 3001, 77 L.Ed.2d 637 (1983).
MARCUS and BLANCHE, JJ., dissent from the order.