State ex rel. Sawyer v. Maggio

Decision Date30 December 1985
Docket NumberNo. 85-KP-2056,85-KP-2056
Citation480 So.2d 313
PartiesSTATE ex rel. Robert SAWYER v. Ross MAGGIO, Jr., Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary. 480 So.2d 313
CourtLouisiana Supreme Court

In re Sawyer, Robert; Applying for Reconsideration of Writ Denial of December 13, 1985, 479 S.2d 360; Parish of Jefferson 24th Judicial District Court Div. "G" Number 79-2841.

Denied.

DENNIS, J., concurs in denying the application for reconsideration believing that a majority is firmly opposed to reconsideration and that futher delay by this Court would only work an injustice to both the State and the relator.

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  • Sawyer v. Whitley
    • United States
    • U.S. Supreme Court
    • 22 June 1992
    ... ... His conviction and sentence were upheld on appeal, and his petitions for state postconviction relief, as well as his first petition for federal habeas relief, were denied. In a ... Petitioner's first petition for state postconviction relief was denied. Louisiana ex rel. Sawyer v. Maggio, 479 So.2d 360, reconsideration denied, 480 So.2d 313 (La.1985). 3 In 1986, ... ...
  • Sawyer v. Smith
    • United States
    • U.S. Supreme Court
    • 21 June 1990
    ...80 L.Ed.2d 191. Petitioner sought state collateral relief, which was denied. Sawyer v. Maggio, 479 So.2d 360 (La.1985); Sawyer v. Maggio, 480 So.2d 313 (La.1985). Petitioner then filed the federal habeas corpus petition now before us, raising a host of constitutional claims. Relevant here i......
  • Sawyer v. Butler, 87-3274
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit
    • 30 June 1988
    ...point, Sawyer sought state habeas relief which was ultimately unsuccessful. See Sawyer v. Maggio, 479 So.2d 360 (La.1985); Sawyer v. Maggio, 480 So.2d 313 (La.1985). Having exhausted his state remedies, Sawyer filed a federal habeas petition in the United States District Court for the Easte......
  • Griffin v. Succession of Branch Through Smith
    • United States
    • Louisiana Supreme Court
    • 9 January 1986
    ... ... those enjoyed by legitimate children while protecting the important state interest in the just and orderly disposition of decedents' estates by ... ...

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