Case Name: STATE of Louisiana ex rel., Joseph SMITH v. Frank BLACKBURN, Warden
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1983-01-10
Citations: 425 So. 2d 768
Docket Number: No. 81-KH-2505
Parties: STATE of Louisiana ex rel., Joseph SMITH v. Frank BLACKBURN, Warden.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 425
Pages: 768–768

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana ex rel., Joseph SMITH v. Frank BLACKBURN, Warden.
No. 81-KH-2505.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Jan. 10, 1983.

Opinion:
In re Joseph Smith, applying for remedial writ. Parish of Orleans. No. 251-883.
Granted; an appeal was ordered for defendant, but it.was never perfected. The district court is ordered to appoint a lawyer to represent defendant on appeal, and order that attorney to perfect the appeal and cause it to be lodged in this Court within a time to be fixed by the district court.