State Of Louisiana v. Leslie Young

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2019 KW 0773

VERSUS

LESLIE YOUNG
AUG 19 2019

In Re: Leslie Young, for 19th
applying supervisory writs,

Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge,
No. 02- 87- 0665.

BEFORE: McCLENDON, WELCH, AND HOLDRIDGE, JJ.

WRIT DENIED. Relator' s claim may not be raised in a motion
to correct an invalid sentence, and it is untimely for purposes
of postconviction La. Code
relief. Crim. P. art. 930. 8( A);
State v. Gedric, 99- 1213 ( La. App. Ist Cir. 6/ 3/ 99), 741 So. 2d
849, 852 ( per curiarn), writ denied, 99- 1830 ( La. 11/ 5/ 99), 751
So. 2d 239. Furthermore, it is well- settled law that district
attorneys are empowered to amend indictments, 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 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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