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State ex Rel. Thompson v. Whitley

Supreme Court of Louisiana
Sep 23, 1994
642 So. 2d 1303 (La. 1994)

Opinion

No. 92-KD-3184.

September 23, 1994.

In re Thompson, John; — Plaintiff(s); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writs; Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. "B", No. 305-826.


Granted in part; denied in part. This case is remanded to the district court for purposes of conducting an evidentiary hearing on relator's claim that the state knew or should have known that Richard "Funk" Perkins lied at trial about his knowledge of, or the benefit he hoped to derive from, the reward offered by the victim's family and that the state did nothing to correct the witness's testimony disavowing any motive or bias in the case. See United States v. Bagley, 473 U.S. 667, 105 S.Ct. 3375, 87 L.Ed.2d 481 (1985); Napue v. Illinois, 360 U.S. 264, 79 S.Ct. 1173, 3 L.Ed.2d 1217 (1959). In all other respects, petitioner's original and supplemental applications are denied.

MARCUS and WATSON, JJ., dissent from the order.


Summaries of

State ex Rel. Thompson v. Whitley

Supreme Court of Louisiana
Sep 23, 1994
642 So. 2d 1303 (La. 1994)
Case details for

State ex Rel. Thompson v. Whitley

Case Details

Full title:STATE EX REL. JOHN THOMPSON v. JOHN P. WHITLEY, WARDEN, LOUISIANA STATE…

Court:Supreme Court of Louisiana

Date published: Sep 23, 1994

Citations

642 So. 2d 1303 (La. 1994)

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