STATE of Louisiana
v.
Printess TATE.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
*520 PER CURIAM:[*]
Writ granted in part; denied in part. The court of appeal erred in deleting the term "without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence" in its entirety from the defendant's sentence.
La.R.S. 15:529.1(G) provides that any sentence imposed under the statute's multiple offender provision "shall be without benefit of probation or suspension of sentence." The court of appeal therefore erred in eliminating those terms from the sentence imposed by the district court, although the error is of no consequence in a case in which the court has imposed an executory term of imprisonment. State v. Lassere, 95-1009, p. 18 (La.App. 5th Cir. 10/1/96),
On the other hand, the district court erred by denying relator parole eligibility on his entire sentence and the court of appeal erred further by striking that term in its entirety. La.R.S. 15:529.1(G) does not place any restrictions on parole eligibility. However, La.R.S. 40:967(G) requires that a defendant serve without eligibility for parole the mandatory minimum terms provided by the legislature if convicted of an offense under La.R.S. 40:967(F). In addition, the restrictions on parole eligibility imposed on multiple offender sentences under La.R.S. 15:529.1 "are those called for in the reference statute." State v. Bruins,
Accordingly, the judgment of the court of appeal is vacated only to the extent that it eliminates from the defendant's sentence the conditions required by law, and the defendant's sentence is amended to provide that he serve 60 years imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole eligibility for 15 years. La.R.S. 40:967(G); R.S. 40:967(F)(1)(c); 1979 La. Acts. 313. The district court is directed to make an entry in the minutes reflecting this change. In all other respects, the application is denied.
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[*] Marcus, J., not on panel. See La. S.Ct. Rule IV, Part II, § 3.
