Supreme Court of Louisiana, 2018

State ex rel. Braud v. State

State ex rel. Braud v. State
Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided March 2, 2018
237 So. 3d 504 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

State ex rel. Braud v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM:

Writ granted. In light of the Supreme Court's holding in Montgomery v. Louisiana , 577 U.S. ----, 136 S.Ct. 718, 193 L.Ed.2d 599 (2016) that Miller v. Alabama , 567 U.S. 460, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012) announced a substantive rule of constitutional law that applies retroactively, we vacate relator's sentence and remand this case to the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court for further *505proceedings consistent with the views expressed in State v. Montgomery , 13-1163 (La. 6/28/16), 194 So.3d 606, and for resentencing pursuant to La.C.Cr.P. Art. 878.1. We further note that, after defendant is resentenced, that judgment is included by statute among those which defendant may appeal. See La.C.Cr.P. art. 912(C)(1).

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