Case Name: STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Major Lee FORTENBERRY v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1974-01-04
Citations: 287 So. 2d 188
Docket Number: No. 54271
Parties: STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Major Lee FORTENBERRY v. STATE of Louisiana.
Judges: SANDERS, C. J., dissents from granting of this writ in accordance with his dissent in State v. Williams, La., 275 So.2d 738.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 287
Pages: 188–188

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Major Lee FORTENBERRY v. STATE of Louisiana.
No. 54271.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Jan. 4, 1974.

Opinion:
In re: Major Lee Fortenberry applying for Writ of Habeas Corpus.
Granted. Hearing ordered.
SANDERS, C. J., dissents from granting of this writ in accordance with his dissent in State v. Williams, La., 275 So.2d 738.
SUMMERS, J., dissents from the granting of this writ. In my view the holding in State v. Williams, 275 So.2d 738 (La. 1973) is erroneous.