Hampton v. State

JOHN S. COVINGTON, Judge.

This is the fourth time this case has been before us on appeal. We submit, but for a stipulation made by Department of Corrections’ original counsel, one appeal would have sufficed. Earlier decisions are reported at 361 So.2d 257 (La.App. 1st Cir.1978); 376 So.2d 980 (La.App. 1st Cir.1979), writ denied, 378 So.2d 432 (1979); and 434 So.2d 433 (La.App. 1st Cir.1983). In CA 85 0690, defendant State of Louisiana, through the Department of Corrections, hereafter DOC, appealed the trial court judgment reviving the much discussed stipulation. See previous decisions.…