Case Name: STATE ex rel. Winthrop Earl EATON v. Robert H. BUTLER, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1989-07-14
Citations: 547 So. 2d 364
Docket Number: No. 89-KP-1687
Parties: STATE ex rel. Winthrop Earl EATON v. Robert H. BUTLER, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.
Judges: DIXON, C.J., concurs in the grant but would also order a hearing on the other assignments.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 547
Pages: 364–364

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Winthrop Earl EATON v. Robert H. BUTLER, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.
No. 89-KP-1687.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
July 14, 1989.

Opinion:
In re Eaton, Winthrop Earl; — Plaintiff(s); applying for supervisory and/or remedial and writs of habeas corpus; Parish of Rap-ides, 9th Judicial District Court, Div. "B", No. 216911.
Granted. Proceedings stayed. Hearing is ordered on relator's competency to be executed. See Ford v. Wainwright, 477 U.S. 399, 106 S.Ct. 2595, 91 L.Ed.2d 335 (1986). Otherwise denied.
DIXON, C.J., concurs in the grant but would also order a hearing on the other assignments.
CALOGERO, J., concurs but would order a hearing regarding Assignment of Error #2 as well.