Opinion
NO. 2019 KW 0649
08-05-2019
STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JARIUS D. WINGARD
In Re: Jarius D. Wingard, applying for supervisory writs, 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, Nos. 03-14-1061, 04-14-0669, 05-15-0381. BEFORE: McDONALD, THERIOT, AND CHUTZ, JJ.
WRIT DENIED. A district court has no authority to amend or modify a legal 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 unless the court grants a timely filed motion to reconsider sentence. 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. Accordingly, the district court did not abuse its discretion by denying the motion to amend or modify sentence.
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COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT /s/_________
DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT
FOR THE COURT