State v. Jordan

Supreme Court of Louisiana

State v. Jordan

547 So. 2d 359, 1989 La. LEXIS 1788, 1989 WL 77568

CourtSupreme Court of Louisiana

DecidedJuly 10, 1989

DocketNo. 89-KH-1504

StatusPublished

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State v. Jordan, 547 So. 2d 359, 1989 La. LEXIS 1788, 1989 WL 77568 (La. 1989).

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In re Jordan, Richard H.; — Defendant(s); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writs; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 89-KW-1045; Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. “B”, No. 328-280.

Granted. C.Cr.P. art. 853 requires that a motion for new trial be filed and disposed of before sentence. The district court erroneously ruled that Jordan cannot file his motion until after sentencing. That court is ordered to consider the merits of relator’s claims in support of his motion for new trial and rule on the merits prior to conducting the multiple ’ offender proceedings presently set for July 17, 1989.

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In re Jordan, Richard H.; — Defendant(s); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writs; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 89-KW-1045; Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. “B”, No. 328-280.

Granted. C.Cr.P. art. 853 requires that a motion for new trial be filed and disposed of before sentence. The district court erroneously ruled that Jordan cannot file his motion until after sentencing. That court is ordered to consider the merits of relator’s claims in support of his motion for new trial and rule on the merits prior to conducting the multiple ’ offender proceedings presently set for July 17, 1989.

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