Opinion
No. 98-KO-2594
January 29, 1999
IN RE: Watts, Albert; — Defendant(s); Applying for Writ of Certiorari and/or Review; Parish of Orleans Criminal District Court Div. "A" Number 378-311; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, Number 98KA-0009
Writ granted in part, otherwise denied. Relator's sentence is amended to delete the denial of parole eligibility. La.R.S. 14:69 does not deny parole eligibility on any sentence imposed for possession of stolen things and neither La.R.S. 15:529.1(A) (1) (b) (i) nor La.R.S. 15:529.1(G) gives the trial court any additional authority to place restrictions on the parole eligibility of a third offender. In all other respects, the application is denied.
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TRAYLOR, J. not on panel.