94-KH-0567 | La. | Sep 3, 1996
Jessie ST. AMANT
v.
19TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Writ granted. Because the terms of the statute under which relator was sentenced do not include a prohibition on parole, see R.S. 14:62, the district court is directed to resentence relator to a term which does not include such a prohibition. Relator's parole eligibility "is to be determined by the Department of Corrections pursuant to R.S. 15:574.4." State v. Bell, 543 So. 2d 965" court="La. Ct. App." date_filed="1989-04-13" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/state-v-bell-1834898?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="1834898">543 So. 2d 965, 970 (La.App. 4th Cir.1989); see Also State v. Langlois, 620 So. 2d 1193" court="La. Ct. App." date_filed="1993-05-27" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/state-v-langlois-1811354?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="1811354">620 So. 2d 1193, 1195 (La.App. 4th Cir.1993); cf. State ex rel. Simmons v. Stadler, 93-1852 (La. 1/26/96), 666 So. 2d 661" court="La." date_filed="1996-01-26" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/state-ex-rel-simmons-v-stalder-1094786?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="1094786">666 So. 2d 661; Jackson v. Phelps, 506 So. 2d 515" court="La. Ct. App." date_filed="1987-03-04" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/jackson-v-phelps-1741045?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="1741045">506 So. 2d 515 517-18 (La. App. 1st Cir.1987), writ denied, 508 So. 2d 829" court="La." date_filed="1987-07-01" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/state-ex-rel-jackson-v-phelps-1585469?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="1585469">508 So. 2d 829 (La.1987).
*537 VICTORY, J., would deny the writ.
KIMBALL, J., not on panel.