State ex rel. Williams v. State
Supreme Court of Louisiana
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…
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