State v. Wigley

Full title: STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PENNIE WIGLEY AND ROBERT EARLE HIGGINBOTHAM

Court: Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit

Date published: May 4, 1992

599 So. 2d 865 (La. Ct. App. 1992)

Opinion

No. K91-734.

May 4, 1992.

APPEAL FROM FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF CALCASIEU, STATE OF LOUISIANA, HONORABLE ARTHUR J. PLANCHARD, DISTRICT JUDGE.

John Holdridge, MS LA Capital Trial Asst. Prjt., New Orleans, Thomas L. Lorenzi, Lorenzi Sanchez, Lake Charles, J. Michael Small, Alexandria, Rebecca L. Hudsmith, Shreveport, Nicholas J. Trenticosta, Loyola Death Penalty Resc. Ctr., New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

F. Wayne Frey, Paul Reggie, Asst. Dist. Attys., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before LABORDE, J., and MARCANTEL^_ and COREIL,^__ JJ. Pro Tem.

_ Judge Bernard N. Marcantel and Judge Joseph E. Coreil, Retired, participated in this decision by appointment of the Louisiana Supreme Court as Judges Pro Tempore.

__ Judge Bernard N. Marcantel and Judge Joseph E. Coreil, Retired, participated in this decision by appointment of the Louisiana Supreme Court as Judges Pro Tempore.

JOSEPH E. COREIL, Judge Pro Tem.

For the reasons assigned in the companion case of State v. Wigley and Higginbotham, 599 So.2d 858 (La.App. 3 Cir. 1992) (No. K91-526 on the docket of this Court), the judgment of the trial court is reversed and the writ issued herein is made peremptory.

IT IS ORDERED THAT the Indigent Defender Board pay relators, Alcide Gray, Anna R. Gray, and Mark A. Delphin, the maximum amount allowable according to law.