Opinion
No. 92-K-0448.
June 19, 1992. Reconsideration Denied September 4, 1992.
In re Smalley, Leavorda Charles; — Defendant(s); applying for writ of certiorari and/or review; to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, No. 22988-KA; Parish of Caddo, 1st Judicial District Court, Div. "H" No. 149,058.
Writ denied. Defendant's writ application] does not assert errors which warrant granting under the criteria guiding the exercise of this Court's jurisdiction under Rule X(1). However, if there is a policy of the court of appeal in peremptorily refusing to give any consideration to a defendant's pro se briefed assignments of error simply because the defendant has not been appointed as co-counsel for himself, then we question such policy. If an indigent defendant were to raise and brief substantial reversible errors on his own motion, such a refusal would impair the defendant's constitutional rights to due process of law and access to courts. La. Const. 1974, Art. I, § 2 and La. Const. 1974, Art. I, § 22.
HALL, J., concurs in the denial of the writ.