Case Name: STATE ex rel. Claude HOPKINS v. John P. WHITLEY, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary and Criminal District Court, Parish of Orleans
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1990-08-21
Citations: 565 So. 2d 925
Docket Number: No. 90-KH-1581
Parties: STATE ex rel. Claude HOPKINS v. John P. WHITLEY, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary and Criminal District Court, Parish of Orleans.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 565
Pages: 925–925

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Claude HOPKINS v. John P. WHITLEY, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary and Criminal District Court, Parish of Orleans.
No. 90-KH-1581.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Aug. 21, 1990.

Opinion:
In re Hopkins, Claude; — Plaintiff(s); applying for writ of mandamus, supervisory and/or remedial writs; Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. "B", No. 259-225.
The relator represents that the district court has failed to act timely on a motion to correct an illegal sentence he filed via certified mail on March 12, 1990. If relator's representation is correct, the district court is ordered to consider and act on the motion. If relator's representation is incorrect, the district court is ordered to accept, file and act upon the pleading which is herewith transferred to the district court.