Case Name: STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Thomas J. PIERCE v. Warden Hayden J. DEES, Dixon Correctional Institute
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1981-02-13
Citations: 396 So. 2d 1324
Docket Number: No. 80-KH-2487
Parties: STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Thomas J. PIERCE v. Warden Hayden J. DEES, Dixon Correctional Institute.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 396
Pages: 1324–1324

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Thomas J. PIERCE v. Warden Hayden J. DEES, Dixon Correctional Institute.
No. 80-KH-2487.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Feb. 13, 1981.

Opinion:
In re Thomas J. Pierce, applying for writ of certiorari. Parish of Orleans. No. 263-653.
Granted. The conviction is reversed and the sentence vacated. Burch v. Louisiana, 441 U.S. 130, 99 S.Ct. 1623, 60 L.Ed.2d 96 (1979); Brown v. Louisiana, 447 U.S. 323, 100 S.Ct. 2214, 65 L.Ed.2d 159 (1980). The case is remanded to the district court for further proceedings.