State Ex Rel. Bertrand v. Hunt

325 So.2d 788 (1976)

STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Theda BERTRAND

v.

Elayn HUNT, Director, Dept. of Corrections, et al.

No. 56501.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 19, 1976.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie Brown, Dist. Atty., James E. Boren, Asst. Dist. Atty., for defendant-respondent.

Vincent Wilkins, Jr., Director, Roland T. Huson, III, Appellate Counsel, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-relator.

SANDERS, Chief Justice.

Relator, Theda Bertrand, applied to this Court for habeas corpus relief, complaining that her detention in St. Gabriel Prison is illegal because…