Formed in 2001,
The Capital Appeals Project is responsible for handling the direct appeals
in capital cases, those in which a death penalty has actually been imposed.
Handling the appeals in
capital cases includes the direct appeal in the Louisiana Supreme Court and,
when professionally appropriate, filing for writs to the United States
Supreme Court.
The
Capital Appeals Project maintains a full-time office in New Orleans.
The contact information for all of the staff is:
636 Baronne Street - 3rd
Floor
New Orleans, LA 70113-1004
Office = (504) 529-5955
Fax = (504) 558-0378
The attorneys include:
Jelpi P. Picou, Jr. - Executive Director
G. Ben Cohen
Marcy A. Widder
William M. Sothern
Sarah Ottinger
All indigent capital appeals must reflect that
the Louisiana Public Defender Board is appointed to handle the
appeal. It will be very helpful if you have such a case to contact CAP
directly and immediately. To facilitate your efforts to file the
appropriate motion and to inform CAP of the new case, we have some forms:
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Capital appeals information
- This is an overview of the form and motion to obtain an appeal for the client and
conveying it to our office.
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Motion for appeal (Capital cases only) - a general motion for appeal, used in districts
which allow the designation of the entire record in the same motion.
To download this form in Word Perfect format
(6/7/8/9/10/11/12), right click
here.
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Report of capital appeal -
Report sent to us immediatrely after a loss at trial. To download this form in Word Perfect format
(6/7/8/9/10/11/12), right click
here. To complete
this form online, click here.
