State Of Louisiana v. Marlo Charles

Opinion

STATE OF LOUISIANA

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2019 KW 0757

VERSUS

MARLO CHARLES AUG 19 2019

In Re: Marlo Charles, for applying supervisory writs, 32nd Judicial District Court, Parish of Terrebonne, No. 345943.

BEFORE: MCCLENDON, WELCH, AND HOLDRIDGE, JJ.

WRIT DENIED.

Relator' s claim may not be raised in a motion to correct an illegal sentence, and it is untimely for purposes of postconviction relief. La. Code Crim. P. art. 930. 8( A); State v. Gedric, 99- 1213 ( La. lst App. Cir. 6/ 3/ 99), 741 So. 2d 849, 852 ( per curiam), writ denied, 99- 1830 ( La. 11/ 5/ 99), 751 Sc. 2d 239. Furthermore, it is law well- settled that district attorneys are empowered to indictments, amend both as to form and substance, at any time before trial. See La. Code Crim. P. art. 487( A); State ex rel. Rochelle v. State, 2015- 1728 ( La. 10/ 28/ 16), 203 So. 3d 227 ( per curiam). A post -verdict attack on the sufficiency of an indictment should be rejected unless the indictment failed to give fair notice of the offense charged or

failed to set forth any identifiable offense. See also State v. Thibodeaux, 98- 1673 ( La. 9/ 8/ 99), 750 So - 2d 916, 930, cert. denied, 529 U. S. 1112, 120 S. Ct. 1969, 146 L. Ed. 2d 800 ( 2000).

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COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

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