Case Name: STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Vernell RICHARDSON v. Judge Israel M. AUGUSTINE, Jr., et al. Criminal District Court
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1977-11-11
Citations: 352 So. 2d 232
Docket Number: No. 60599
Parties: STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Vernell RICHARDSON v. Judge Israel M. AUGUSTINE, Jr., et al. Criminal District Court.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 352
Pages: 232–232

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Vernell RICHARDSON v. Judge Israel M. AUGUSTINE, Jr., et al. Criminal District Court.
No. 60599.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Nov. 11, 1977.

Opinion:
In re: Vernell Richardson applying for writ of mandamus.
Granted. District judge ordered to vacate and set aside previously imposed sentence and sentence relator to life imprisonment at hard labor without eligibility for probation, parole or suspension of sentence for twenty years, the penalty for second degree murder at the time this offense was committed on August 8, 1973. La.R.S. 14:30.1, as added by acts 1973, No. 111. See State v. Jenkins, 340 So.2d 157 (La.1976).