Case Name: STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Samuel MARKS v. Warden Frank BLACKBURN, Louisiana State Penitentiary
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1979-10-26
Citations: 376 So. 2d 1258
Docket Number: No. 65923
Parties: STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Samuel MARKS v. Warden Frank BLACKBURN, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 376
Pages: 1258–1258

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Samuel MARKS v. Warden Frank BLACKBURN, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
No. 65923.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Oct. 26, 1979.

Opinion:
In re Samuel Marks, applying for writs of habeas corpus. Parish of Orleans. Number 250-172.
Granted. The ruling of the district court judge on the motion to arrest illegal sentence is reversed. State v. Wilson, relied on by the trial judge, was overruled in State v. Curtis, 363 So.2d 1375 (La.1978). The applicant is ordered released.