Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1997

State ex rel. Penns v. State

Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided June 13, 1997 · Lemmon

695 So. 2d 975; 1997 La. LEXIS 1737; 1997 WL 339563 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

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State ex rel. Penns v. State (La. 1998)

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Opinion of the Court

In re Penns, Esther; — Plaintiff(s); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writ; Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. “E”, No. 270-578.

Relator represents that the district court has failed to act timely on a motion to correct an illegal sentence she filed in February, 1997. If relator’s representation is correct, the district court is ordered to consider and act on the motion. The district court is ordered to provide this Court with a copy of its judgment.

LEMMON, J., not on panel.

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