State v. Leger
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
KNOLL, J.,
would grant for the following reasons.
LThe State’s supervisory writ application arises out of its attempt to obtain discovery related to post-conviction claims for ineffective assistance of counsel filed by Donald Lee Leger, Jr., an inmate whose conviction for first-degree murder and death sentence was previously affirmed by this Court.1 Specifically, the State alleges the District Court abused its discretion in denying its motion for discovery of the following items: (1) test results and raw data from testing conducted on Leger by Drs. Marc L. Zimmerman, Dale Watson, and Ruben C.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State v. LegerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2006
- Lemmon v. ConnickSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1991
- State v. ChapmanLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1997