State Of Louisiana v. Jabari C. Smith

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2025 KW 0817

VERSUS

JABARI C. SMITH OCTOBER 6, 2025

In Re: Jabari C. Smith, applying for supervisory writs, 22nd
Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany, No.
556585-1.

BEFORE : McCLENDON, C.J., GREENE AND STROMBERG, JJ.

WRIT DENIED. The record shows that the district court
enhanced relator’s sentence in accordance with La. R.S.
15:529.1(A) (4) (a). Therefore, the State was not required to show

that the 1998 conviction for possession of cocaine met the
prerequisites set forth in Subparagraph b of La. R.S.
15:529.1 (A) (4). Accordingly, relator’s contention that the
district court improperly used the predicate conviction to
adjudicate him as a fourth-felony habitual offender is without
merit, and the district court did not err by denying the motion to
correct an illegal habitual offender sentence.

PMc
TPS

Greene, J., concurs.

\ OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

YEPUTY CLERK OF COURT
FOR THE COURT