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Alpine v. Butler

Supreme Court of Louisiana
Oct 6, 1989
549 So. 2d 859 (La. 1989)

Summary

In Alpine, supra, Justice Lemmon suggested that "the decision in Sherer should be restricted to cases in which the multiple convictions occurred in [a] single consecutive course of conduct."

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Opinion

No. 88-KH-1073.

October 6, 1989.

In Re: Alpine, Joseph; Applying for Supervisory/Remedial Writs; Parish of Orleans Criminal District Court Div. "C", Number 266-289.

Before DIXON, C.J., and MARCUS, DENNIS, WATSON and COLE, JJ.


Granted in part; denied in part. Relator's adjudications and sentences resulting from the state's multiple offender bill are vacated. Because the multiple offender bill does not set forth with sufficient clarity which of relator's September 30, 1978 convictions constitutes the predicate offense upon which the multiple bill rests, and because relator can be sentenced as a multiple offender under only one of the several convictions handed down on the same day, this case is remanded to the trial court for resentencing in accordance with the law. State v. Sherer, 411 So.2d 1050 (La. 1982); State v. Chapman, 367 So.2d 808 (La. 1979). Relator's application for post-conviction relief is otherwise denied as repetitive.

LEMMON, J., concurs, but notes that this decision and the decision in Sherer should be restricted to cases in which the multiple convictions occurred in single consecutive course of conduct.

CALOGERO, J., dissents. State v. Sherer, 411 So.2d 1050 (La. 1982), was wrong and should be overruled.


Summaries of

Alpine v. Butler

Supreme Court of Louisiana
Oct 6, 1989
549 So. 2d 859 (La. 1989)

In Alpine, supra, Justice Lemmon suggested that "the decision in Sherer should be restricted to cases in which the multiple convictions occurred in [a] single consecutive course of conduct."

Summary of this case from State ex Rel. Porter v. Butler
Case details for

Alpine v. Butler

Case Details

Full title:STATE EX REL. JOSEPH ALPINE v. ROBERT H. BUTLER, WARDEN, LOUISIANA STATE…

Court:Supreme Court of Louisiana

Date published: Oct 6, 1989

Citations

549 So. 2d 859 (La. 1989)

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