State Ex Rel. Walker v. State

733 So.2d 1178 (1999)

STATE ex rel. Michael WALKER

v.

STATE of Louisiana.

No. 98-KH-0916.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 19, 1999.

PER CURIAM.[*]

Writ granted in part; otherwise denied; case remanded to the district court. The district court is ordered to appoint counsel for relator and hold a hearing at which it will determine whether the state's use of his silence at a preliminary hearing to impeach the testimony he subsequently offered at trial violated the rule of Doyle v. Ohio, 426 U.S. 610, 96 S.Ct. 2240, 49 L.Ed.2d 91 (1976) and had a substantial and injurious effect on the jury's verdict.…