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State ex rel. Dawson v. Ballard

State ex rel. Dawson v. Ballard
Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided November 16, 1984 · No. 83-KH-2269 · Blanche, Calogero
460 So. 2d 595; 1984 La. LEXIS 10124 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)
State ex rel. Dawson v. Ballard

Opinion of the Court

In re Otis Dawson, applying for writ of certiorari, prohibition and mandamus, to the First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo, No. 109-754.

Granted. Sentence vacated. Case remanded for reimposition of a fully determinate sentence as to duration of period without benefit of parole.

CALOGERO, J., concurs. BLANCHE, J., dissents.

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