Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1994

State ex rel. Campbell v. Fourth Circuit, Court of Appeal

Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided November 18, 1994 · Watson

646 So. 2d 364; 1994 La. LEXIS 2761; 1994 WL 658859 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Cases that cite this one

2 later published cases cite this decision.

State ex rel. Campbell v. State (La. 1996)
State v. Trudell (La. Ct. App. 1996)

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Opinion of the Court

In re Campbell, Alvin; — Plaintiffs); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writ; Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. “I”, No. 288-731; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 92KW-1201.

Writ granted. Relator moved the district court under LSA — C.Cr.P. art. 882 to correct an illegally lenient sentence and the district court denied the motion as untimely pursuant to LSA — C.Cr.P. art. 930.8(A). However, *365the timeliness provisions 930.8(A) apply to applications for post-conviction relief made under La.C.Cr.P. arts. 924-930.8, and do not apply to motions to correct illegal sentences made under La.C.Cr.P. art. 882, which states that illegal sentences “may be corrected at any time.” State ex rel. Johnson v. Day, 637 So.2d 1062 (La. 1994); cf. State v. Johnson, 220 La. 64, 55 So.2d 782 (1951). The district court is therefore ordered to address the merits of relator’s claims. of C.Cr.P. art.

WATSON, J., not on panel.

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