State v. Lampton

Supreme Court of Louisiana

State v. Lampton

160 So. 3d 582, 2015 La. LEXIS 286, 2015 WL 631154

CourtSupreme Court of Louisiana

DecidedFebruary 6, 2015

DocketNo. 2015-KK-253

StatusPublished

This text of 160 So. 3d 582 (State v. Lampton) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Supreme Court of Louisiana primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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State v. Lampton, 160 So. 3d 582, 2015 La. LEXIS 286, 2015 WL 631154 (La. 2015).

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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..

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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..

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160 So. 3d 582, 2015 La. LEXIS 286, 2015 WL 631154, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/state-v-lampton-la-2015.