Opinion
No. 99-KD-3566
December 22, 1999
IN RE: Cooks, Michael A.; — Plaintiff; Applying for Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Caddo, 1st Judicial District Court Div. G, Nos. 173, 208;
Granted. Relator's execution set for January 5, 2000, is stayed. This Court previously directed the district court to refer this case to the Louisiana Indigent Defense Assistance Board (LIDAB) for purposes of enrolling counsel to represent relator in post-conviction proceedings. State v. Cooks, 99-2541 (La. 8/25/99). The district court is directed to conduct immediately a hearing on the costs of enrolling counsel to represent relator and the source of funding for such representation, with the LIDAB present as an interested party with authority to subpoena witnesses. The district court shall take further steps as necessary to protect relator's interests, including the appointment of Neal Walker solely for purposes of representing relator at the hearing.
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JOHNSON, J., not on panel.