Legal Opinion
State v. Roberts
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided October 12, 1990No. 90-KK-1308PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
568 So.2d 1017 (1990)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Barry ROBERTS and Steve Couture.
No. 90-KK-1308.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
October 12, 1990.
2Per curiam
The district court denied defendants' petitions for habeas corpus relief seeking to be discharged from custody on their sentences of nine years at hard labor imposed on October 11, 1982, following their guilty pleas to manslaughter. We reverse and grant relief as specified below.
The record shows that on October 11, 1983, or exactly one year after the sentences were imposed and relators secured their release on bail pending further orders of the court, the First…
3Cases cited9 opinions
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