State Of Louisiana v. Brandon Herbert

STATE OF LOUISIANA

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2019 KW 0650

VERSUS

BRANDON HERBERT
AUG 052019

In Re: Brandon Herbert, applying for supervisory writs, 23rd
Judicial District Court, Parish of Ascension, No.

15284.

BEFORE: McDONALD, THERIOT, AND CHUTZ, JJ.

WRIT DENIED. A district court has no authority to amend or
modify a legal sentence in a felony case in which the defendant
has been sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor after the

defendant has begun serving the sentence unless the court grants
a timely filed motion to reconsider sentence. See La. Code
Crim. P. arts. 881 ( A) & 881. 1 ( A) ( 1) . See also State v. Gedric,

99- 1213 ( La. App. 1st Cir. 6/ 3/ 99), 741 So. 2d 849, 851- 52 ( per

curiam), writ denied, 99- 1830 ( La. 11/ 5/ 99), 751 So. 2d 239.

Accordingly, the district court did not err
by denying the
motion to amend or modify sentence without holding a

contradictory hearing.

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COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

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DEPUTY CL OF COURT
FOR THE COURT