Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Bernard J. LAMPTON
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2015-02-06
Citations: 160 So. 3d 582
Docket Number: No. 2015-KK-253
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Bernard J. LAMPTON.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 160
Pages: 582–582

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Bernard J. LAMPTON.
No. 2015-KK-253.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Feb. 6, 2015.

Opinion:
HUGHES, J.,
would grant the writ and assigns reasons.
Respectfully, I believe that setting a trial in three weeks' time that conflicts with a prior setting in a different parish set three months in advance may infringe on the constitutional right to counsel. A trial judge may wish to accommodate the prosecutor's choice for a trial date and move the docket, but respect should be given to the other trial courts of our state..