Case Name: STATE ex rel. Calvin BLACKBURN v. Frank C. BLACKBURN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1985-11-01
Citations: 477 So. 2d 698
Docket Number: No. 85-KH-0492
Parties: STATE ex rel. Calvin BLACKBURN v. Frank C. BLACKBURN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
Judges: WATSON, J., dissents from the “Cooper” order.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 477
Pages: 698–698

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Calvin BLACKBURN v. Frank C. BLACKBURN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
No. 85-KH-0492.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Nov. 1, 1985.

Opinion:
In re Blackburn, Calvin; applying for remedial writs; Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. "B", No. 251-492.
Granted: The sentence is vacated and the matter remanded for resentencing under the law applicable to the case which permitted the sentencing judge to suspend the sentence. State v. Cooper, 444 So.2d 113 (La.1983). The writ is otherwise denied.
WATSON, J., dissents from the "Cooper" order.