Case Name: STATE ex rel. Kendall LINDSEY v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1999-10-01
Citations: 748 So. 2d 456
Docket Number: No. 99-KH-2755
Parties: STATE ex rel. Kendall LINDSEY v. STATE of Louisiana.
Judges: VICTORY, J., not on panel.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 748
Pages: 456–456

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Kendall LINDSEY v. STATE of Louisiana.
No. 99-KH-2755.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Oct. 1, 1999.

Opinion:
IN RE: Lindsey, Kendall; — Plaintiff(s); Applying for Supervisory and/or Remedial Writ; Parish of Orleans Criminal District Court Div. "H" Number 380-682 H
Writ denied. Relator may see post-conviction relief in the district court, but must use the required form. See La.C.Cr.P. art. 926(D). However, the district court may not refuse to consider an application simply because it bears an improper caption. See generally Smith v. Cajun Insulation, 392 So.2d 398, 402 n. 2 (La.1980) ("[C]ourts should look through the caption of pleadings in order to ascertain their substance and to do substantial justice.").
VICTORY, J., not on panel.