State ex rel. Neal v. Cain

11 KNOLL, Justice,

dissenting.

I respectfully disagree that defendant, Jarrell Neal, is entitled to post-conviction counsel under the circumstances of this case, and dissent for the following reasons.

Louisiana Revised Statute § 15:149.1 states:

In a capital case in which the trial counsel was provided to an indigent defendant and in which the jury imposed the death penalty, the court, after imposition of the sentence of death, shall appoint the Indigent Defense Assistance Board, which shall promptly cause to have enrolled counsel to represent the defendant on direct appeal and in any state…