Case Name: STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Melvin VICKS v. Warden Roger AUCOIN
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1980-05-01
Citations: 385 So. 2d 783
Docket Number: No. 67005
Parties: STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Melvin VICKS v. Warden Roger AUCOIN.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 385
Pages: 783–783

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Melvin VICKS v. Warden Roger AUCOIN.
No. 67005.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 1, 1980.

Opinion:
In re Melvin Vicks, applying for writ of mandamus. Parish of East Baton Rouge. Number unknown.
Granted. The district judge is ordered to hold a hearing on the application for a writ of habeas corpus no later than Monday, May 5 or release the applicant from custody. See C.Cr.P. 361, comment (b), and Payton v. N. Y.,-U.S.-, 100 S.Ct. 1371, 63 L.Ed.2d 639 (1980).