State Of Louisiana v. Bruce Conley

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2020 KW 0759
VERSUS

BRUCE CONLEY
NOVEMBER 09, 2020

In Re: Bruce Conley, for
applying supervisory writs, 16th
Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Mary, No. 2017-
199615.

BEFORE: GUIDRY, MCCLENDON, AND LANIER, JJ.

WRIT DENIED. The September 25, 2019 sentencing transcript
and criminal court minutes reflect that the district court
initially imposed a seven- year sentence,
but upon realizing that
it made a mistake, the court
immediately asked the parties to
return to the courtroom. When the parties returned to the
courtroom, the court amended the sentence and imposed the
seventeen year sentence. Under this circumstance, the district
court' s amendment of relator' s sentence does not constitute
double jeopardy or imposition of an illegal sentence. See La.
Code Crim P. arts. 591 and 881. 5.

JMG
WIL

McClendon, J., concurs.

COU T OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

DEPUTY CL RK OF COURT
FOR THE COURT