Supreme Court of Louisiana, 2014

State v. Edwards

Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided February 21, 2014

133 So. 3d 1261; 2014 WL 814557; 2014 La. LEXIS 432 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

Cases that cite this one

2 later published cases cite this decision.

State v. Gibson (La. Ct. App. 2016)
State v. Mead (La. Ct. App. 2015)

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Opinion of the Court

In re Edwards, Theron; — Defendant; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of E. Baton Rouge, 19th Judicial District Court Div. H, No. 04-07-0121, Anthony J. Marabella, J.; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2013 KW 1104.

WRIT GRANTED. Petitioner presented a post-conviction claim of ineffective assistance of counsel regarding the imposition of an illegal sentence following his guilty plea for Indecent Behavior with Juveniles, in violation of La. R.S. 14:81.1 The claim was dismissed on procedural grounds as time barred. We grant the writ application and remand the case to the district court to be considered as a motion to correct an illegal sentence, which, if meritorious, is an exception to the *1262time limitations for post-conviction applications. See La.C.Cr.P. art. 882.

. See La. R.S. 14:81H(1) which provides for a maximum sentence of seven years if the victim is over the age of 13.

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