FOR
IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE
# 7
FROM : CLERK
OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
The Opinions
handed down on the 26th day of January, 2000
, are as follows:
BY
KIMBALL, J. :
1999-KA-
0023 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JAMES MICHAEL CASEY
(Parish of Bossier)
(First Degree
Murder)
For the reasons
assigned herein, the defendant's conviction and sentence
are affirmed. In the event this judgment becomes final
on direct review when either: (1) the defendant fails
to petition timely the United States Supreme Court for
certiorari; or (2) that Court denies his petition for
certiorari; and either (a) the defendant, having filed
for an been denied certiorari, fails to petition the
United States Supreme Court timely, under its prevailing
rules for rehearing of denial of certiorari, or (b)
that Court denies his petition for rehearing, the trial
judge shall, upon receiving notice from this Court under
La. Code Cr.P. art. 923 of finality on direct appeal,
and before signing the warrant of execution, as provided
by La. R.S. 15:567(B), immediately notify the Louisiana
Indigent Defender Assistance Board and provide the Board
with reasonable time in which: (1) to enroll counsel
to represent the defendant in any state post-conviction
proceedings if appropriate, pursuant to its authority
under La. R.S. 15:149.l; and (2) to litigate expeditiously
the claims raised in that original application, if filed,
in the state courts.
CALOGERO, C.J.,
not on panel. Rule IV, Part 2, §3. |
