State v. Edwards

Supreme Court of Louisiana

State v. Edwards

133 So. 3d 1261, 2014 WL 814557, 2014 La. LEXIS 432

CourtSupreme Court of Louisiana

DecidedFebruary 21, 2014

DocketNo. 2013-KK-2497

StatusPublished

Cited by2 cases

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State v. Edwards, 133 So. 3d 1261, 2014 WL 814557, 2014 La. LEXIS 432 (La. 2014).

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In re Edwards, Theron; — Defendant; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of E. Baton Rouge, 19th Judicial District Court Div. H, No. 04-07-0121, Anthony J. Marabella, J.; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2013 KW 1104.

WRIT GRANTED. Petitioner presented a post-conviction claim of ineffective assistance of counsel regarding the imposition of an illegal sentence following his guilty plea for Indecent Behavior with Juveniles, in violation of La. R.S. 14:81.¹ The claim was dismissed on procedural grounds as time barred. We grant the writ application and remand the case to the district court to be considered as a motion to correct an illegal sentence, which, if meritorious, is an exception to the [1262]*1262time limitations for post-conviction applications. See La.C.Cr.P. art. 882.

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In re Edwards, Theron; — Defendant; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of E. Baton Rouge, 19th Judicial District Court Div. H, No. 04-07-0121, Anthony J. Marabella, J.; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2013 KW 1104.

WRIT GRANTED. Petitioner presented a post-conviction claim of ineffective assistance of counsel regarding the imposition of an illegal sentence following his guilty plea for Indecent Behavior with Juveniles, in violation of La. R.S. 14:81.¹ The claim was dismissed on procedural grounds as time barred. We grant the writ application and remand the case to the district court to be considered as a motion to correct an illegal sentence, which, if meritorious, is an exception to the [1262]*1262time limitations for post-conviction applications. See La.C.Cr.P. art. 882.

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133 So. 3d 1261, 2014 WL 814557, 2014 La. LEXIS 432, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/state-v-edwards-la-2014.

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