Case Name: STATE ex rel. Willie MARTIN v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1996-09-20
Citations: 679 So. 2d 414
Docket Number: No. 94-KH-1526
Parties: STATE ex rel. Willie MARTIN v. STATE of Louisiana.
Judges: MARCUS, KIMBALL and BLEICH, JJ., would deny the writ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 679
Pages: 414–414

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Willie MARTIN v. STATE of Louisiana.
No. 94-KH-1526.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Sept. 20, 1996.

Opinion:
In re Martin, Willie; — Plaintiffs); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writ; Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. "H", No. 304-441; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 93KA-0411.
Writ granted in part; otherwise denied; case remanded to the district court. The district court is ordered to appoint counsel for relator for purposes of conducting an evidentiary hearing at which it will determine whether relator was wearing identifiable prison garb at trial, and if he was, whether his attorney's failure to timely raise the issue at trial constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel under the standard set out in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984). See State ex rel. Young v. Whitley, 92-3022 (La. 4/22/94), 637 So.2d 147; State v. Roche, 94-0300 (La. 6/28/96), 675 So.2d 1101.
MARCUS, KIMBALL and BLEICH, JJ., would deny the writ.
LEMMON, J., not on panel.