No. 96-KP-2761 Precedential Processed

State v. Bunch

Louisiana Supreme Court · Filed June 20, 1997 · 695 So. 2d 1341

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State v. Chapman 436 So. 2d 451
State v. Prudholm 446 So. 2d 729
Louisiana State Bar Ass'n v. Cannon 427 So. 2d 827
Ratcliff v. Whitley 646 So. 2d 395

Opinion text

In re State of Louisiana; — Plaintiffs); applying for supervisor and/or remedial writ; Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. “C”, No. 286-606. Writ granted; conviction and sentence reinstated. The district court erred in granting relief on the basis of the newly discovered evidence. First, the evidence would not warrant the granting of a new trial even if the standard of La.C.Cr.P.- art. 851(3) applied. See State v. Chapman, 436 So.2d 451, 455 (La.1983); State v. Prudholm, 446 So.2d 729, 736 (La.1984); State v. Clayton, 427 So.2d 827, 833 (La.1982); cf. Herrera v. Collins, 506 U.S. 390, 403-04 , 113 S.Ct. 853, 862-63 , 122 L.Ed.2d 203 (1993). Second, Bunch raised identical issues in an earlier application for post-conviction relief which this Court denied. See La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.4(D); State ex rel. Bunch v. Whitley, 93-0193 (La. 11/29/94), 646 So.2d 395 . JOHNSON, J., not on panel.