STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2024 KW 0575 VERSUS

ANDREW DAVID WETZEL AUGUST 12, 2024

In Re: Andrew David Wetzel, applying for writs, supervisory 22nd Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany, No. 1077- F- 2021.

BEFORE: WOLFE, MILLER, AND GREENE, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED. The district court' s June 3, 2024 ruling denying relator' s " motion to amend and or correct sentence" is vacated. Pursuant to La. Code Crim. P. art. 916, after an order of appeal is entered, the trial court retains jurisdiction to correct an illegal sentence. Therefore, this matter is remanded to the district court to consider the merits of relator' s " motion to amend and or correct sentence." See State v. Sheridan, 2011- 1629 ( La. 3/ 23/ 12), 84 So. 3d 559, 560.

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CURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

PUTY CLERK OF COURT FOR THE COURT