23-KA-233 Nonprecedential Conviction Affirmed Processed

State of Louisiana Versus Brennan A. Harris

Louisiana Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit · Filed December 27, 2023

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STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 23-KA-233

VERSUS FIFTH CIRCUIT

BRENNAN A. HARRIS COURT OF APPEAL

STATE OF LOUISIANA

ON APPEAL FROM THE TWENTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA
NO. 19-6018, DIVISION "F"
HONORABLE MICHAEL P. MENTZ, JUDGE PRESIDING

December 27, 2023

FREDERICKA HOMBERG WICKER
JUDGE

Panel composed of Judges Fredericka Homberg Wicker,
Marc E. Johnson, and Scott U. Schlegel

CONVICTIONS AFFIRMED; SENTENCES ON COUNTS TWO,
THREE, AND FOUR AFFIRMED; SENTENCE ON COUNT ONE
AFFIRMED, AS AMENDED
FHW
MEJ
SUS

COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLEE,
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Honorable Paul D. Connick, Jr.
Thomas J. Butler
Andrea F. Long
Douglas E. Rushton, Jr.

COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT,
BRENNAN HARRIS
Kevin V. Boshea

WICKER, J.

Defendant, Brennan Harris, seeks review of the trial court’s denial of his

motion to withdraw his guilty pleas in connection with his convictions for

manslaughter, obstruction of justice, and possession of a firearm by a convicted

felon. For the following reasons, we find that the trial judge did not abuse his

discretion in denying defendant’s motion, and we affirm defendant’s convictions.

Upon an errors patent review, we find defendant’s sentence for manslaughter is

illegally harsh and we amend that sentence to remove the restriction on benefits.

In all other respects, we affirm defendant’s sentences.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

On December 19, 2019, a Jefferson Parish Grand Jury indicted defendant,

Brennan A. Harris, with second degree murder in violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1

(count one), obstruction of justice in violation of La. R.S. 14:130.1 (counts two and

three), and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in violation of La. R.S.

14:95.1 (count four). Defendant was arraigned on December 23, 2019, and pled not

guilty to all charges.

The matter was set for trial on August 15, 2022. On that date, the State

amended the indictment only as to count one to reduce the second degree murder

charge and to charge defendant with manslaughter in violation of La. R.S. 14:31.

Immediately thereafter, defendant withdrew his pleas of not guilty and pled guilty

to the amended manslaughter charge (count one), the obstruction of justice charges

(counts two and three), and the possession of a firearm by a convicted felon charge

(count four).1

The following day, August 16, 2022, defendant appeared in court for

sentencing and made an oral motion to withdraw his guilty pleas, which the trial

1
Pursuant to the plea agreement, the State agreed not to file a multiple offender bill against defendant and
further agreed to enter a “null proseque” in two unrelated trial court cases, Case Nos. 20-1765 and 22-
0909.

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court denied. After a conference in chambers, the trial court withdrew its ruling

and ordered the matter set for a contradictory hearing.

On October 13, 2022, defendant filed a written motion to withdraw his

guilty pleas. The court ordered the State to show cause why defendant’s motion

should not be granted at a contradictory hearing on December 15, 2022. The

hearing was continued on December 15, 2022, and again on January 19, 2023. On

February 1, 2023, the court held a contradictory hearing on defendant’s motion to

withdraw his guilty pleas and denied defendant’s motion.

On that same date, the trial court sentenced defendant to twenty years

imprisonment at hard labor without the benefit of probation or suspension of

sentence on his manslaughter conviction (count one) and to fifteen years

imprisonment at hard labor without the benefit of parole, probation, or suspension

of sentence on his possession of a firearm by a convicted felon conviction (count

four). As to his obstruction of justice convictions (counts two and three), the trial

court ordered, “ten years at hard labor in Department of Corrections[.]”2 The court

ordered that all sentences run concurrently. This timely appeal followed.

FACTS

Because defendant pleaded guilty, the facts surrounding his convictions

were not fully developed at trial. However, the amended indictment alleges that

defendant violated La. R.S. 14:31 in that he did commit the manslaughter of victim

Cornell Hampton (count one); obstruct justice by tampering with evidence, to wit:

the intentional alteration, movement, removal, or addition to the rear bumper of a

2017 Chevrolet Impala Premier vehicle used during the commission of the

homicide and the removal of a 9 mm handgun from the scene of the homicide; and

have in his possession a firearm, having been previously convicted of the crime of

2
See errors patent discussion.

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possession of cocaine, in violation of 40:967(C), under case number 14-3013,

Division “J” in the 24th Judicial District Court.

DISCUSSION

On appeal, defendant argues that the trial judge abused his discretion in

denying the motion to withdraw his guilty pleas. Defendant asserts that he did not

have the opportunity to discuss the plea offer with his family prior to accepting the

plea offer and that, upon reconsideration, he does not feel comfortable accepting a

guilty plea for a crime he did not commit. Defendant argues that the motion to

withdraw his pleas, filed prior to sentencing, should have been granted because his

decision to plead guilty was a “spur of the moment thing” that he agreed to “right

before we were about to start picking a jury” on the day of trial.

The record reflects that, on August 15, 2015, defendant and the State entered

into a plea agreement. On that date, the trial judge entered into a colloquy with

defendant wherein he explained on the record that, pursuant to the plea agreement,

the State would agree to reduce defendant’s second degree murder charge to a

manslaughter charge, and to dismiss two pending unrelated criminal cases against

defendant. Moreover, pursuant to the plea agreement, the State would agree not to

file a multiple offender bill against defendant. The transcript of the Boykin3

colloquy with defendant reflects that defendant understood that he was pleading

guilty to one count of manslaughter, two counts of obstruction of justice, and one

count of possession of a firearm by a felon. The transcript further reflects that the

trial court advised defendant of the sentences he would receive for each conviction

and that defendant acknowledged and understood that he would be sentenced to

twenty years imprisonment for his manslaughter conviction, ten years

imprisonment for each obstruction of justice conviction, and fifteen years

3
Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238, 89 S.Ct. 1709, 23 L.Ed.2d 274 (1969).

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imprisonment without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence for

his felon in possession of a firearm conviction.

During the guilty plea proceeding, the State recited a factual basis for the

plea as follows:

If the State proceeded to trial it would have proven beyond a
reasonable doubt that on or about the 10th day of September 2019, the
defendant Brennan Harris violated Louisiana Revised Statute 14:31
relative to the manslaughter of Cornell Hampton. Also on that same
day violated Louisiana Revised Statute 14:130.1 for obstruction of
justice, two counts as well as removing firearm and a tampering with
a vehicle and also under 14:95.1, on that same date, possessed a
firearm and having a prior conviction for possession of cocaine from
2014 from the 24th Judicial District Court Division J. All these
offenses occurred in the Parish of Jefferson.

After the State recited the factual basis, defense counsel stated, “Stipulated.”

The Court immediately questioned defendant, “Is that correct, Mr. Harris?” to

which defendant responded, “Yes, sir.”

During the Boykin colloquy with defendant, the trial judge verbally advised

defendant of his right to trial by jury, to cross-examine the State’s witnesses, of his

privilege against self-incrimination, and of the consequences of waiving those

rights by pleading guilty. The trial judge further questioned defendant as to

whether he had been threatened or coerced into entering into the plea and if he had

been satisfied with his attorney’s representation in the case. The defendant verbally

acknowledged his understanding of those rights and consequences. On the written

waiver of rights form, defendant further placed his initials next to each individual

written advisal of his rights, including his right to jury trial, his right to

confrontation, and his privilege against self-incrimination, as required by Boykin,

and placed his signature at the end of the form indicating that he understood that he

was waiving these rights. Defendant verbally acknowledged at the guilty plea

hearing that his retained counsel, who also signed the form, had reviewed and

explained the waiver of rights form to him and that he understood the

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consequences of pleading guilty. The guilty plea form also stated the anticipated

sentences and the record reflects that defendant was sentenced in accordance with

the sentences stated on the guilty plea form.

On August 16, 2016, the following day, defendant appeared for sentencing.

At the August 16, 2016 hearing, defendant orally moved for a motion to withdraw

his guilty pleas. Prior to sentencing, defendant made the following statement to the

Court:

I made a decision on yesterday about taken the time, but I talked about
[sic] my family and they felt like that was a bad decision. And I feel
like it was a bad decision because I'm taking time on a crime that I didn't
commit. And I feel like this is an injustice to me and the family, because
I don't want these people to believe, I was the one that killed the love,
and I took the time because I was scared of the sentence that I could
possibly get if I'm found guilty, but I talked to my wife and you know
it was a split. I made a decision on my own without talking to them.
And they don't think it was a good idea. And I don't think it was a good
idea neither. And I was wondering if I could take it back resume going
on with the trial.

The trial court construed defendant’s statement as a motion to withdraw his

guilty pleas and set the matter for a contradictory hearing.4 After multiple

continuances, the trial court conducted a contradictory hearing on February 1,

2023. At the hearing, defense counsel argued that La. C.Cr.P. art. 5595 permits a

defendant to withdraw a guilty plea at any time before sentencing. Defendant

acknowledged that he voluntarily entered into the plea but informed the court that

his decision to plead guilty was a “spur of the moment thing” that he agreed to

immediately prior to the beginning of trial because he was “scared” of the life

sentence he faced. At the February 1, 2023 hearing, defendant stated to the Court:

I did accept the time at the time though, and after talking to my
family and speaking on it I decided that if it was possible I didn’t want

4
The trial court further ordered that the public defender’s office represent defendant to determine if a
conflict existed with defendant’s retained counsel, who represented defendant at the time of the guilty
plea proceeding. After a contradictory hearing, the trial court determined that no conflict existed and
permitted defendant’s retained counsel to represent defendant at the hearing on defendant’s motion to
withdraw his guilty pleas.
5
La. C.Cr.P. art. 559 states: Upon motion of the defendant and after a contradictory hearing, which may
be waived by the state in writing, the court may permit a plea of guilty to be withdrawn at any time before
sentence.

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to accept the time because I felt like it was an injustice to me and the
victim’s family to plea, agree to something I didn’t do. So that was
really the basis of my decision.

After considering counsel’s arguments and defendant’s statements, the trial

judge denied defendant’s motion to withdraw his guilty pleas.6 On appeal,

defendant assigns as error only the trial judge’s denial of his motion to withdraw

his guilty pleas, asserting that the trial judge abused his discretion in denying the

motion.

Pursuant to La. C.Cr.P. art. 559, a trial court may allow a guilty plea to be

withdrawn at any time prior to sentencing. A trial court’s ruling on the matter is

subject to reversal only if the court abuses its discretion or is arbitrary. State v.

Raines, 00-1940 (La. App. 5 Cir. 5/30/01), 788 So.2d 627, 628, citing State v.

Curtis, 28,309 (La. App. 2 Cir. 8/21/96), 679 So.2d 512, 513-14, writ denied, 96-

2322 (La. 2/7/97), 688 So.2d 496. Generally, a denial of a motion to withdraw a

guilty plea will not be reversed on appeal if the record clearly shows the defendant

was informed of his rights and the consequences of his plea, and that the plea was

entered into voluntarily. Id., citing State v. Guzman, 95-444 (La. App. 5 Cir.

11/15/95), 665 So.2d 512, writ denied, 95-2853 (La. 2/28/96), 668 So.2d 366.

The Louisiana Supreme Court recently considered the denial of a pre-

sentence motion to withdraw a guilty plea and stated:

Code of Criminal Procedure Article 559(A) provides that a “[u]pon
motion of the defendant and after a contradictory hearing, which may
be waived by the state in writing, the court may permit a plea of guilty
to be withdrawn at any time before sentence.” The comments to that
article explain that the discretion to permit a plea of guilty to be
withdrawn before sentence cannot be arbitrarily exercised, and a trial
court’s improper refusal to permit a change of plea is reversible error.
La. C.Cr.P. art. 559, Official Revision Comment 1966. The comment
also notes that “[t]he defendant should be permitted to withdraw the
plea when induced to make it through ignorance, fraud, or
intimidation.” Id., citing Orfield, Criminal Procedure from Arrest to
Appeal 301 (1947).

6
After the trial court denied defendant’s motion to withdraw his guilty pleas, the trial judge sentenced
defendant in accordance with the pleas on the same date.

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* * *

We also note that there is no support in the jurisprudence for a
reviewing court to treat the denial of a pre-sentence motion to withdraw
an unconditional guilty plea significantly differently from one denied
after sentencing. Instead, “appellate review [is] confined to the question
of whether the plea was voluntarily and intelligently entered, or should
have been permitted to be withdrawn as involuntarily and unknowingly
made[.]” State v. Johnson, 19-02004 (La. 12/1/20), 314 So.3d 806, 808-
09.

State v. Clues-Alexander, 21-00831 (La. 5/13/22), 345 So.3d 983, 985,
reh’g denied, 21-00831 (La. 6/28/22), 347 So.3d 886, and cert. denied,
143 S.Ct. 461, 214 L.Ed.2d 262 (2022).

At the hearing on his motion to withdraw his guilty pleas, defendant claimed

that, at the advice of counsel, he hastily made the decision to plead guilty without

having consulted his family and that he only entered into the plea because he was

“scared of the sentence that [he] could possibly get if [] found guilty.” The

Louisiana Supreme Court has stated that: “For a defendant, a guilty plea often

involves a choice between undesirable alternatives. The fact that neither road

offers the prospect of a pleasant journey does not render the plea involuntary as a

matter of law.” State v. Beatty, 391 So. 2d 828, 830 (La. 1980). This “difficulty of

choice is exactly why counsel’s role at the guilty plea is absolutely critical in

assuring that the defendant is able to weigh his options intelligently.” Id. at 831.

A review of the record reflects that defendant was aware that he was

pleading guilty to one count of manslaughter, two counts of obstruction of justice,

and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He was advised of

his rights, and the consequences of waiving those rights, by both the trial judge

verbally during the Boykin colloquy and through the written waiver of rights form

he initialed and signed. During the colloquy, the trial court advised defendant of

the sentences he would receive for each conviction: as to the amended

manslaughter charge (count one), a sentence of twenty years at hard labor; as to the

obstruction of justice charges (counts two and three), a sentence of ten years; and

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as to the possession of a firearm by a convicted felon charge (count four), a

sentence of fifteen years without the benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of

sentence.

The record further reflects the benefits received by defendant as a result of

the pleas—including the dismissal of two separate pending criminal cases, the

amendment of his second degree murder charge to a manslaughter charge, and the

State’s agreement not to file a multiple offender bill against defendant. There is no

evidence in the record to demonstrate that defendant was forced, coerced, or

threatened to enter into the pleas or that he had been induced into the pleas through

ignorance, fraud, or intimidation. Conversely, the record supports the trial court’s

conclusion that the guilty plea was knowing and voluntary, and entered into with

the advice of counsel. Upon review of the record before us, we find that the trial

judge did not abuse his discretion in denying defendant’s motion to withdraw his

guilty pleas. This assignment of error is without merit.

ERRORS PATENT DISCUSSION

This Court routinely reviews an appellate record for errors patent in

accordance with La. C.Cr.P. art. 920; State v. Oliveaux, 312 So.2d 337 (La. 1975);

and State v. Weiland, 556 So.2d 175 (La. App. 5th Cir. 1990), regardless of

whether a defendant requests an errors patent review. Upon review, the following

errors patent require corrective action.

Illegally Harsh Sentence as to Count One

First, the trial court sentenced defendant for his manslaughter conviction to

twenty years imprisonment without benefit of probation or suspension of sentence.

However, although a twenty-year term of imprisonment is within the statutory

range, La. R.S. 14:31 does not provide for a restriction of benefits.

When a sentencing error involves the imposition of restrictions beyond what

the legislature has authorized in the sentencing statute, the Louisiana Supreme

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Court has ruled that the appellate courts “should not rely on La. R.S. 15:301.1(A)

to correct the error as a matter of law but should correct the sentence on its own

authority under La. C.Cr.P. art. 882 to correct an illegal sentence ‘at any time.’”

State v. Sanders, 04-17 (La. 5/14/04), 876 So.2d 42 (per curiam). Accordingly,

under La. C.Cr.P. art. 882, we amend defendant’s sentence to remove the

restriction on benefits for his manslaughter conviction (count one). We further

order the Clerk of Court for the 24th Judicial District Court to transmit notice of

this amended sentence to the appropriate authorities pursuant to La. C.Cr.P. art.

892(B)(2) and the Department of Corrections’ legal department. See State v.

Brown, 17-346 (La. App. 5 Cir. 12/13/17), 234 So.3d 1134, 1137.

Sentencing Error on Obstruction of Justice Convictions

The transcript reflects that, at the guilty plea proceeding and on the waiver

of rights form, defendant was advised that he would receive ten years at hard labor

for each obstruction of justice conviction (counts two and three). However, the

sentencing transcript reflects that the trial judge sentenced defendant as follows:

“On the obstruction of justice it will be ten years at hard labor in Department of

Corrections.” Therefore, it appears that the trial judge failed to impose a separate

sentence for each obstruction of justice conviction.

Ordinarily, the trial court must impose a separate sentence for each count on

which a defendant is convicted. State v. Collins, 04-751 (La. App. 5 Cir. 11/30/04),

890 So.2d 616, 620. While the trial court’s failure to impose a sentence for each

count is considered a patent sentencing error, an exception exists to the general

rule: when the sentences for a conviction on each count would more appropriately

be concurrent rather than consecutive, and the term for the imprisonment is

reasonable under the circumstances, the single sentence will not affect the

substantial rights of the defendant, and remand for clarification or resentencing is

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not necessary. State v. Garcie, 17-609 (La. App. 5 Cir. 4/11/18), 242 So.3d 1279,

citing State v. Hebert, 02-1252 (La. App. 5 Cir. 4/8/03), 846 So.2d 60, 66.

La. C.Cr.P. art. 883 provides that sentences for two or more convictions

“based on the same act or transaction, or constituting parts of a common scheme or

plan,” shall be served concurrently, unless the court expressly directs that some or

all be served consecutively. In this case, the trial court failed to impose a separate

sentence for each obstruction of justice conviction. Nevertheless, we find

remanding for clarification unnecessary in this case.

The amended bill of information reflects that the first obstruction of justice

charge (count two) alleges that defendant obstructed justice in the “intentional

alteration, movement, removal, or addition to the rear bumper of a 2017 Chevrolet

Impala Premier vehicle used during the commission of the homicide of Cornell

Hampton.” The second obstruction of justice charge (count three) alleges that, on

September 10, 2019—the date of the victim’s manslaughter as stated in count

one—defendant obstructed justice by the “movement/removal of a 9 mm handgun

from the scene relative to the homicide of Cornell Hampton.” We find the two

obstruction of justice charges are parts of a common scheme or plan surrounding

the manslaughter of the victim in this case and, thus, the sentences on each

obstruction of justice conviction would be more appropriately served concurrently.

Further, the trial court ordered that all of defendant’s sentences be served

concurrently pursuant to the plea agreement. Thus, we find that a remand for

clarification of sentences is unnecessary in this case. See Garcie, supra.

Illegally Lenient Sentence as to Count Four

The record reflects that defendant received an illegally lenient sentence as to

his possession of a firearm by a convicted felon conviction. La. R.S. 14:95.1

provides that any defendant convicted for possession of a firearm by a convicted

felon shall be “fined not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five

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thousand dollars.” La. R.S. 14:95.1. Although the trial judge referenced a fine

“mandated by the statute” during the guilty plea colloquy, the sentencing

transcript, sentencing minute entry, and the Uniform Commitment Order do not

reflect the imposition of any fine in connection with defendant’s conviction for

possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Appellate courts have the authority to correct an illegally-lenient sentence at

any time, even if the defendant has entered into a plea bargain and is negatively

affected by the correction. State v. Campbell, 08-1226 (La. App. 5 Cir. 5/26/09),

15 So.3d 1076, 1081, writ denied, 09-1385 (La. 2/12/10), 27 So.3d 842. This

Court has used that authority to remand a matter to the trial court for imposition of

a mandatory fine. However, this authority is permissive rather than mandatory.

The record reflects that, at the August 15, 2022 guilty plea proceeding, the

trial judge referenced a mandatory fine, but failed to impose that fine during the

February 2, 2023 sentencing. We point out that the waiver of rights form executed

in connection with the guilty plea does not reference any mandatory fine.

Moreover, the record reflects that the State did not object at sentencing to the trial

court’s failure to impose the mandatory fine under La. R.S. 14:95.1. Under the

facts of this case, we decline to amend defendant’s sentence to impose the

mandatory fine under La. R.S. 14:95.1. See State v. Shaw, 12-686 (La. App. 5 Cir.

1/16/13), 108 So.3d 1189, 1198.

Post-Conviction Advisal

The sentencing transcript reflects that the trial court failed to advise

defendant of the provisions of La. C.Cr.P. art. 930.8, which states in pertinent part,

“[n]o application for post-conviction relief, including applications which seek an

out-of-time appeal, shall be considered if it is filed more than two years after the

judgment of conviction and sentence has become final under the provisions of

Article 914 or 922.” If a trial court fails to advise, or provides an incomplete

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advisal, pursuant to La. C.Cr.P. art. 930.8, the appellate court may correct this error

by informing the defendant of the applicable prescriptive period for post-

conviction relief by means of its opinion. State v. Mouton, 22-444 (La. App. 5 Cir.

12/29/22), 358 So.3d 106, 122-23. Therefore, we hereby advise defendant that no

application for post-conviction relief, including applications that seek an out-of-

time appeal, shall be considered if it is filed more than two years after the

judgment of conviction and sentence has become final under the provisions of La.

C.Cr.P. arts. 914 or 922. See State v. Wall, 21-716 (La. App. 5 Cir. 12/7/22), 362

So.3d 847, 855, writ not considered, 23-00375 (La. 8/2/23), 368 So.3d 64,

reconsideration denied, 23-00375 (La. 11/15/23).

DECREE

For the reasons provided herein, we find that the trial judge did not abuse his

discretion in denying defendant’s motion to withdraw his guilty pleas.

Accordingly, we affirm defendant’s convictions. As to defendant’s sentences for

his obstruction of justice convictions (counts two and three) and his possession of a

firearm by a convicted felon conviction (count four), we affirm defendant’s

sentences for those convictions. As to defendant’s sentence for his manslaughter

conviction (count one), we amend that sentence only to remove the restriction on

benefits as stated herein. The Clerk of Court for the 24th Judicial District Court is

hereby ordered to transmit notice of this amended sentence to the appropriate

authorities pursuant to La. C.Cr.P. art. 892(B)(2) and the Department of

Corrections’ legal department. See State v. Brown, 17-346 (La. App. 5 Cir.

12/13/17), 234 So.3d 1134, 1137. In all other respects, defendant’s sentence on

count one is affirmed.

CONVICTIONS AFFIRMED;
SENTENCES ON COUNTS TWO,
THREE, AND FOUR AFFIRMED;
SENTENCE ON COUNT ONE
AFFIRMED, AS AMENDED

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