State v. Jones

Supreme Court of Louisiana
State v. Jones, 963 So. 2d 382 (La. 2007)
2007 WL 2460177
Per Curiam

State v. Jones

Opinion

963 So.2d 382 (2007)

STATE of Louisiana
v.
Cecil C. JONES.

No. 2006-K-2905.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

August 31, 2007.

In re Jones, Cecil C.; — Defendant; Applying for Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of Ouachita, 4th Judicial Distict Court Div. F, Nos. 99-F-000038; to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, No. 41,299-KA.

PER CURIAM.

Granted in part. Defendant's sentence is amended to delete the denial of diminution of sentence for good behavior under La.R.S. 15:571.3(C). See State v. Narcisse, 97-3161, p. 1 (La.6/26/98), 714 So.2d 698, 699 (Department of Corrections lacks authority to deny diminution of sentence for good behavior on a sentence imposed for a crime enumerated in La. R.S. 15:571.3(C)(1), "in a case in which the trial court has not formally adjudicated and sentenced the defendant as a multiple offender under the provisions of La.R.S. 15:529.1."); see La.R.S. 15:571.3(C)(2) and (3). In all other respects, the application is denied.

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