Supreme Court of Louisiana, 2003

State ex rel. Fontenot v. State

State ex rel. Fontenot v. State
Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided January 31, 2003 · Deny, Traylor, Victory, Weimer, Writ
836 So. 2d 66; 2003 La. LEXIS 319; 2003 WL 348900 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

State ex rel. Fontenot v. State

Opinion of the Court

In re Fontenot, Dwayne;—Plaintiff; Applying for Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Lafayette, 15th Judicial District Court Div. K, No. 88,689; to the Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, No. KH 01-00516.

Writ granted. If relator timely filed a motion to reconsider sentence, see La.C.Cr.P. art. 881.1(A)(1), and timely filed writs in the court of appeal seeking review of the district court’s denial of such a motion, see U.R.C.A. R. 4-3, then the court of appeal is directed to consider the merits of the application. See La.C.Cr.P. art. 881.2 (defendant “may appeal or seek review of a sentence based on any ground asserted in a motion to reconsider sentence .... ”); see also State v. Joshlin, 99-1004, p. 5 (La.1/19/00), 752 So.2d 834, 837 (reviewing courts should assume the legislature has not included superfluous terms in statutes).

VICTORY, J., would deny the writ. TRAYLOR, J., would deny the writ. WEIMER, J., would deny the writ.

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