STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2025 KW 0817 VERSUS JABARI C. SMITH OCTOBER 6, 2025 In Re: Jabari C. Smith, applying for supervisory writs, 22nd Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany, No. 556585-1.

BEFORE : McCLENDON, C.J., GREENE AND STROMBERG, JJ.

WRIT DENIED. The record shows that the district court enhanced relator’s sentence in accordance with La. R.S.

15:529.1(A) (4) (a). Therefore, the State was not required to show that the 1998 conviction for possession of cocaine met the prerequisites set forth in Subparagraph b of La. R.S.

15:529.1 (A) (4). Accordingly, relator’s contention that the district court improperly used the predicate conviction to adjudicate him as a fourth-felony habitual offender is without merit, and the district court did not err by denying the motion to correct an illegal habitual offender sentence.

PMc TPS Greene, J., concurs. \ OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT YEPUTY CLERK OF COURT FOR THE COURT