State v. Bell

326 So. 2d 376, 1976 La. LEXIS 4712

• Court: Supreme Court of Louisiana
• Decided: February 12, 1976
• Docket: No. 57510
• Status: Published

Opinion

In re: Eddie Louis Bell applying for remedial or supervisory writs of certiorari, prohibition and mandamus and stay order.

Granted (with stay order.)

The petition of the relator in the above entitled and numbered case having been duly considered,

It is ordered that a writ of certiorari issue herein, directing the Honorable John S. Covington Judge of the Nineteenth Judicial District Court, for the Parish of East Baton Rouge to transmit to the Supreme Court of Louisiana, on or before the 1st day of March, 1976, the record in duplicate, or a certified copy of the record in duplicate, of the proceedings complained of by the relator herein, to the end that the validity of said proceedings may be ascertained.

It is further ordered that the aforesaid Judge of said Court and the respondent through counsel shall show cause, in this court, on the 21st day of May, 1976, at 10 o’clock A.M., why the relief prayed for in the petition of the relator should not be granted.

It is further ordered that, in the meantime and until the further orders of this court all proceedings against the relator in said 19th Judicial District Court shall be stayed and suspended.