Summary
In Ryan v. State, 259 La. 995, 254 So.2d 273, the trial court vacated an illegal sentence and resentenced the accused on July 29, 1971. At the time of the resentencing, the controlling law was Act 285 of 1970. This court ordered the trial judge to give Ryan a credit of eleven months on his sentence for the time he had spent in custody between his conviction and the resentencing.
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No. 51801.
November 16, 1971.
In re: William P. Ryan applying for writ of habeas corpus.
Writ granted. See order.
The petition of relator in the above entitled and numbered cause having been duly considered.
It is ordered that this case be remanded to the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans, Section F, for the amendment of sentence, on or before December 6, 1971, giving credit for eleven (11) months time served from June 19, 1966 to May 19, 1967, or that the said Judge show cause to the contrary in this Court on December 16, 1971 at 11:00 a.m.