State Ex Rel. Melinie v. State
Supreme Court of Louisiana
State Ex Rel. Melinie v. State, 665 So. 2d 1172 (La. 1996)
1996 La. LEXIS 168; 1996 WL 15590
Per Curiam
State Ex Rel. Melinie v. State
Opinion
STATE ex rel. Vandyke MELINIE
v.
STATE of Louisiana.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
PER CURIAM.
We grant the application in order to rule definitively on the issue of whether a person may raise the question of excessiveness of sentence in a post-conviction application. La.Code Crim.Proc. art. 930.3, which sets out the exclusive grounds for granting post-conviction relief, provides no basis for review of claims of excessiveness or other sentencing error post-conviction. See State v. Gibbs, 620 So.2d 296 (La.App. 3d Cir. 1993); cf. State ex rel. Glover v. State, 93-2330, p. 7, 11-14 (La. 9/5/95), 660 So.2d 1189, 1194, 1196-98. Accordingly, relator's claim for post-conviction relief based on the excessiveness of his sentence is denied.
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