Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1988

State ex rel. Sennette v. Donnelly

State ex rel. Sennette v. Donnelly
Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided March 18, 1988
521 So. 2d 1139; 1988 La. LEXIS 763; 1988 WL 22758 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

State ex rel. Sennette v. Donnelly

Opinion of the Court

In re Sennette, Elwin; applying for writ of certiorari and/or review; Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. “H”, No. 299-763; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. K-6801.

Granted. The seven and one-half year multiple offender sentence imposed is vacated and set aside, and the district court is ordered to impose a multiple offender sentence not to exceed the six-year sentence initially imposed after relator’s first multiple offender adjudication. See North Carolina v. Pearce, 395 U.S. 711, 89 S.Ct. 2072, 23 L.Ed.2d 656 (1969).

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