State Of Louisiana v. Darius Vincent Sellers
State Of Louisiana v. Darius Vincent Sellers, No. 2025 KW 0451 (La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. July 14, 2025).
Opinion text
STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT
STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2025 KW 0451
VERSUS
DARIUS VINCENT SELLERS JULY 14, 2025
In Re: Darius Vincent Sellers, applying for supervisory writs,
22nd Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany, No.
519604.
BEFORE : HESTER, EDWARDS, AND BALFOUR, JJ.
WRIT DENIED. The 2017 amendments to the Uniform Controlled
Dangerous Substances laws, which tailored the sentences for drug
convictions according to the weight of the controlled dangerous
substance involved in the offense, became effective August 1, 2017,
and does not apply retroactively. See 2017 La. Acts No. 281, § 1.
Furthermore, because relator was sentenced after June 14, 2001, he
is not entitled to the ameliorative penalty consideration provided
for in La. R.S. 15:308. See La. R.S. 15:308(A) (1) & (2) (prior to
amendment by 2014 La. Acts No. 340, § 1). Accordingly, the
district court did not err by denying the motion to correct an
illegal sentence.