2025 KW 1249 Nonprecedential Writ denied Processed

State Of Louisiana v. Steven Jermaine Charles

Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit · Filed February 23, 2026

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327 So. 3d 1038 not in our corpus
326 So. 3d 1251 not in our corpus
State v. Gedric 741 So. 2d 849
STATE EX REL. GEDRIC v. State 751 So. 2d 239

Opinion text

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2025 KW 1249

VERSUS

STEVEN J. CHARLES FEBRUARY 23, 2026

In Re: Steven J. Charles, applying for supervisory writs, 22nd
Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany, No.
548792.

BEFORE: LANIER, WOLFE, AND HESTER, JJ.

WRIT DENIED. Any challenge to a previous conviction which
is not made before sentence is imposed may not thereafter be raised
to attack the sentence. La. R.S. 15:529.1(D)(1)(b); State v.
Chaney, 2020-0981 (La. App. Ist Cir. 6/4/21), 327 So.3d 1038, 1042,
writ denied, 2021-01204 (La. 11/10/21), 326 So.3d 1251.
Furthermore, relator’s claims regarding his non-unanimous verdict
is not cognizable in a motion to correct an illegal sentence. see
State v. Gedric, 99-1213 (La. App. list Cir. 6/3/99), 741 So.2d
849, 851-52 (per curiam), writ denied, 99-1830 (La. 11/5/99), 751
So.2d 239. Accordingly, the district court did not err by denying
the motion to correct an illegal sentence.

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