STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2022 KW 0475

VERSUS

PATRICK D. JAMES JULY 5, 2022

In Re: Patrick D. James, applying for supervisory writs, 22nd Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany, No. 518, 531.

BEFORE: McCLENDON, WELCH, AND HESTER, JJ.

WRIT DENIED. The sentence reductions which relator seeks to avail himself of apply retroactively only to inmates sentenced prior to June 15, 2001. See La. R. S. 15: 308( A)( 1) & 2) ( prior to amendment by 2014 La. Acts No. 340, § 1).

Relator' s habitual offender sentence was imposed in 2012.

Accordingly, the district court did not err by denying the motion to correct an illegal sentence.

PMC JEW CHH

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

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DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT FOR THE COURT