Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Frank FISCHER
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1998-09-18
Citations: 725 So. 2d 485
Docket Number: No. 98-KP-0468
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Frank FISCHER.
Judges: KIMBALL, J., not on panel.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 725
Pages: 485–485

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Frank FISCHER.
No. 98-KP-0468.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Sept. 18, 1998.

Opinion:
In re State of Louisiana; — Plaintiff(s); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writs; Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. "D", No. 264-728.
Writ granted; conviction and sentence reinstated. The trial court may not avoid statutory procedural bars by "reopening" post-conviction proceedings when it was earlier denied an application for post-conviction relief. State v. Ford, 96-2919 (La.5/30/97), 694 So.2d 917; State v. Clayton, 96-1658 (La.2/27/97), 687 So.2d 996; State ex rel. Lewis v. Cr.D.C., 571 So.2d 659 (La.1991).
KIMBALL, J., not on panel.