State Of Louisiana v. Marlo Charles

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2019 KW 0757

VERSUS

MARLO CHARLES
AUG 19 2019

In Re: Marlo Charles, for
applying supervisory writs, 32nd
Judicial District Court, Parish of Terrebonne, No.
345943.

BEFORE: MCCLENDON, WELCH, AND HOLDRIDGE, JJ.

WRIT DENIED.
Relator' s claim may not be raised in a motion
to correct an illegal sentence, and it is untimely for purposes
of postconviction relief. La. Code Crim. P. art. 930. 8( A);
State v. Gedric, 99- 1213 ( La. lst
App. Cir. 6/ 3/ 99), 741 So. 2d
849, 852 ( per curiam), writ denied, 99- 1830 ( La. 11/ 5/ 99), 751
Sc. 2d 239. Furthermore, it is law
well- settled that district
attorneys are empowered to indictments,
amend both as to form
and substance, at any time before trial. See La. Code Crim. P.
art. 487( A); State ex rel. Rochelle v. State, 2015- 1728 ( La.
10/ 28/ 16), 203 So. 3d 227 ( per curiam). A post -verdict attack on
the sufficiency of an indictment should be rejected unless the
indictment failed to give fair notice of the offense charged or

failed to set forth any identifiable offense. See also State v.
Thibodeaux, 98- 1673 ( La. 9/ 8/ 99), 750 So - 2d 916, 930, cert.
denied, 529 U. S. 1112, 120 S. Ct. 1969, 146 L. Ed. 2d 800 ( 2000).

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