STATE OF LOUISIANA

STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2023 KW 0716 VERSUS

NORMAN A. SANDERS SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In Re: Norman A. Sanders, applying for writs, supervisory 32nd Judicial District Court, Parish of Terrebonne, No. 197186.

BEFORE: GUIDRY, C. J., CHUTZ AND LANIER, JJ.

WRIT DENIED. Relator' s attack of his indictment does not point to an illegal term in his sentences. Therefore, his claim may not be raised in a motion to correct an illegal sentence.

See La. Code Crim. P. art. 881. 5; State v. Alexander, 2014- 0401 La. 11/ 7/ 14), 152 So. 3d 137 ( per curium). Furthermore, it is the fact of a non - unanimous jury conviction that entitles a defendant to relief under Ramos v. Louisiana, 590 U. S. 1 140 S. Ct. 1390, 206 L. Ed. 2d 583 ( 2020), not any other procedural defect. See State v. Vaughn, 2022- 00214 ( La. 5/ 5/ 23), 362 So. 3d 363. A jury unanimously convicted relator of two counts of first degree murder. Accordingly, the district court did not abuse its discretion by denying relator' s motion to correct an illegal sentence.

JMG WRC WIL

URT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

DUTY CLERK OF COURT FOR THE COURT