Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. William D. THURMAN
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2008-06-06
Citations: 983 So. 2d 915
Docket Number: No. 2007-KP-1986
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. William D. THURMAN.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 983
Pages: 915–915

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. William D. THURMAN.
No. 2007-KP-1986.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
June 6, 2008.

Opinion:
In re Thurman, William D.; — Defendant; Applying for Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Tangipahoa, 21st Judicial District Court Div. D, No. 102053; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2007 KW 1350.
Writ denied. Relator's claims concerning ineffective assistance of trial counsel lack merit, and relator must initially raise his request for an out-of-time appeal in the district court. See La.C.Cr.P. art. 926(A); State ex rel. Foret v. Cain, 505 So.2d 1139 (La.1987); See also State v. Counterman, 475 So.2d 336, 339-40 (La.1985).