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745 So. 2d 601

Cook v. Skipper

Decided September 30, 1999

Decided 1999-09-30

¶1In re Skipper, James; — Defendant(s); Applying for Writ of Certiorari and/or Review; to the Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, No. 99-1448; Parish of Concordia, 7th Judicial District Court, Div. “B”, No. 36285.

¶2Writ denied.

LEMMON, J., concurs and assigns reasons.CALOGERO, C.J., not on panel.
LEMMON, J.,

¶3Concurring.

¶4This court, in the appropriate case, should address the due process issue created when a trial judge fixes a case for trial only two days after the action is filed.1 Nevertheless, relator does not show any prejudice in the present case, which involved pure questions of law.

¶5. Here, the action was filed on Wednesday, September 15, the deadline for beginning trial was Sunday, September 19, and the case was fixed for trial on Friday, September 17.

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