State Of Louisiana v. Steven Jermaine Charles
State Of Louisiana v. Steven Jermaine Charles, No. 2025 KW 0351 (La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. June 16, 2025).
Opinion text
STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT
STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2025 KW 0351
VERSUS
STEVEN JERMAINE CHARLES JUNE 16, 2025
In Re: Steven Jermaine Charles, applying for supervisory writs,
22nd Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany, No.
548792.
BEFORE : McCLENDON, C.J., GREENE AND STROMBERG, JJ.
WRIT DENIED. Relator’s sentence was imposed in 2015. The
sentence reductions in Act 403 of 2001 and Act 45 of 2002 apply
retroactively only to inmates who committed crimes, were
convicted, or sentenced under one of the enumerated offenses prior
to June 15, 2001. See La. R.S. 15:308(A) (1) & (2) (prior to
amendment by 2014 La. Acts No. 340, § 1). Furthermore, aggravated
flight from an officer is defined as a crime of violence. See La.
R.S. 14:2(B) (39). Moreover, the 2017 amendments to the habitual
offender law do not apply retroactively. See 2017 La. Acts No.
297, § 2. Accordingly, the district court did not err by denying
the motion to correct an illegal sentence.
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