Supreme Court of Louisiana, 2007

State v. Jones

State v. Jones
Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided August 31, 2007
963 So. 2d 381; 2007 La. LEXIS 1781; 2007 WL 2460180 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

State v. Jones

Opinion of the Court

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(0(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(0(2) and (3). In all other respects, the application is denied.

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