Opinion
NO. 2018 KW 0510
06-25-2018
STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ERNEST DAVIS
In Re: Ernest Davis, applying for supervisory writs, 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, No. 06-14-0453. BEFORE: GUIDRY, PETTIGREW, AND CRAIN, JJ.
WRIT DENIED. The law does not provide for successive motions to reconsider sentence. This is relator's fourth such request. Further, a district court has no authority to amend or modify a sentence in a felony case in which the defendant has been sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor after the defendant has begun serving the sentence. Therefore, the district court did not err by denying relator's motion to amend his felony sentence, which relator began serving in 2016. See La. Code Crim. P. arts. 881(A) & 881.1(A)(1). See also State v. Gedric, 99-1213 (La. App. 1st Cir. 6/3/99), 741 So.2d 849, 851-52 (per curiam), writ denied, 99-1830 (La. 11/5/99), 751 So.2d 239.
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COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT /s/_________
DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT
FOR THE COURT