Opinion
NO. 2018 KW 1461
12-26-2018
STATE OF LOUISIANA v. STEVEN JERMAINE CHARLES
In Re: Steven Jermaine Charles, applying for supervisory writs, 22nd Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany, No. 548,792. BEFORE: GUIDRY, THERIOT, AND PENZATO, JJ.
WRIT DENIED. The 2017 amendments to the habitual offender statute (La. R.S. 15:529.1) do not apply retroactively. See 2017 La. Acts No. 257, § 2 & 2017 La. Acts No. 282, § 2. Relator's conviction, habitual offender adjudication, and sentence became final in January 2016, when relator did not seek a rehearing or review of this court's opinion on his appeal. See La. Code Crim. P. art. 922(B); State v. Charles, 2015-1216 (La. App. 1st Cir. 12/23/15), 2015 WL 9438874 (unpublished). Therefore, the district court did not err by denying relator's motion to correct an illegal sentence.
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COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT /s/_________
DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT
FOR THE COURT