Legal Opinion
State v. Tucker
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 21, 1988No. 88-K-0522PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARRY, Judge.
The relator is before this Court requesting a mandamus ordering the trial court to consider his application for post-conviction relief. On February 7, 1988 the trial court rendered a judgment denying relief, making the mandamus request moot. In the *219interest of judicial economy we will consider the merits.
On December 13, 1976 a jury found relator guilty of five counts of armed robbery and on January 3, 1977 he was sentenced as a multiple offender to serve forty years at hard labor. On January 3,1978 the trial court granted relator’s motion for a new trial.
On March 22, 1978 a jury…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- State v. FullerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
- State v. LawsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1985
- State v. TuckerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1985
3Cited by3 opinions
- Raymond Alton Tucker v. Ed Day, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- State v. TuckerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1989
- Tucker v. DayCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992