State Of Louisiana v. Patrick D. James

STATE OF LOUISIANA

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2022 KW 0475

VERSUS

PATRICK D. JAMES JULY 5, 2022

In Re: Patrick D. James, applying for supervisory writs, 22nd
Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany, No.
518, 531.

BEFORE: McCLENDON, WELCH, AND HESTER, JJ.

WRIT DENIED. The sentence reductions which relator seeks

to avail himself of apply retroactively only to inmates
sentenced prior to June 15, 2001. See La. R. S. 15: 308( A)( 1) &
2) ( prior to amendment by 2014 La. Acts No. 340, § 1).
Relator' s habitual offender sentence was imposed in 2012.

Accordingly, the district court did not err by denying the

motion to correct an illegal sentence.

PMC
JEW

CHH

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

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DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT
FOR THE COURT