Opinion
2023 KW 0895
10-23-2023
STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MARCEL DEWAYNE THOMPSON
Marcel Dewayne Thompson, applying for supervisory writs, 22nd Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany, No. 558732.
BEFORE: WELCH, HOLDRIDGE, AND WOLFE, JJ.
WRIT DENIED. The record shows that in exchange for a forty-year sentence on a double bill, relator voluntarily waived his right to a habitual offender hearing and stipulated to the allegations contained in the habitual offender bill of information. As a result, relator waived appellate review of the sentence, his status as a habitual offender, and any claim that the State failed to prove the applicable cleansing period did not lapse. See La. R.S. 15:529.1(D)(1)(b); State v. White, 2021-0202 (La.App. 1st Cir. 10/4/21), 330 So.3d 663, 666-67. Therefore, the district court did not err by denying the motion to correct an illegal habitual offender sentence.
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