State v. Cotton

In re: Joseph Cotton, applying for writ of review. Writ granted. (See Order.) The petition of the relator in the above entitled and numbered case having been duly considered, It is ordered that a writ of certiorari issue herein, directing the Honorable John S. Covington, Judge of the 19th Judicial District, Court for the Parish of E. Baton Rouge, to transmit to the Supreme Court of Louisiana, on or before the 20th day of July, 1976, the record in duplicate, or a certified copy of the record in duplicate, of the proceedings complained of by the relator herein, to the end that the validity of said proceedings may be ascertained. It is further ordered that the aforesaid Judge of said Court and the respondent through counsel shall show cause, in this court, on the 13th day of October, 1976, at 10 o’clock A.M., why the relief prayed for in the petition of the relator should not be granted.