State Of Louisiana v. Cory Kinchen

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2020 KW 0120

VERSUS

CORY KINCHEN
APR 2 8 2020

In Re: State of Louisiana, 19th
applying for supervisory writs,
Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, No.
08- 16- 0467

BEFORE: WHIPPLE, C. J., GUIDRY AND BURRiS, 1 JJ.

WRIT GRANTED. The district court' s the
ruling granting
defendant credit for time served while out on bond is reversed.
In accordance with La. Code Crim. P. art. 880( A), "[ a] defendant
shall receive credit toward service of his sentence for time spent
in actual custody prior to the imposition of sentence." The
granting of credit for time served prior to the imposition of

sentence has been self- operating even on a silent record. See
State v. Bradford, 2019- 0321 ( La. App. 1st Cir. 9/ 27/ 19) 2019 WL
4731646 ( unpublished). Therefore, the district court abused its
discretion by granting the defendant credit for time not spent in
actual is
custody. Accordingly, this matter remanded to the

district court to amend the sentencing minutes and commitment order
to reflect this court' s ruling.

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COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

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DEPUTY tLERK OF COURT
FOR THE COURT

1 Judge William J. Burris, retired,
serving pro tempore by special appointment
of the Louisiana Supreme Court.