Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Williams v. State

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided December 1, 2004No. 2004-KP-575PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

1 ,PER CURIAM.

This post-conviction proceeding concerns funding issues for an indigent death row inmate represented by pro bono counsel. Defendant argues the systematic provision of funds to some death row inmates seeking post-conviction relief violates equal protection guarantees. Defendant’s equal protection claim appears to have two facets. First he suggests that those represented by the Capital Posb-Conviction Project of Louisiana (CPCPL) get more funding than he does and this fact disad*793vantages Mm. Second, he claims that the fact that he has to litigate his funding requests while those…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1998
  2. Ring v. STATE, DOTDSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2003
  3. State ex rel. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1999
  4. In re Disbarment of BergSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  5. Blanchard v. STATE EX REL. PARKS & REC. COMM'NSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1996

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Brumfield v. CainDistrict Court, M.D. Louisiana · 2012
  2. State v. OursoLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2007
  3. State ex rel. Robertson v. CainSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2007
  4. Wessinger v. CainDistrict Court, M.D. Louisiana · 2022

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