Case Name: STATE of Louisiana, ex rel. James COPELAND v. Robert H. BUTLER, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, La
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1989-07-25
Citations: 546 So. 2d 1199
Docket Number: No. 89-OK-1771
Parties: STATE of Louisiana, ex rel. James COPELAND v. Robert H. BUTLER, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, La.
Judges: WATSON and COLE, JJ., vote to deny the stay.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 546
Pages: 1199–1199

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana, ex rel. James COPELAND v. Robert H. BUTLER, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, La.
No. 89-OK-1771.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
July 25, 1989.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Relator is granted a stay of execution until his post-conviction counsel has recovered from the surgery of July 21, 1989, at which time the district court may set a new execution date.
WATSON and COLE, JJ., vote to deny the stay.