State v. Alexander

376 So.2d 146 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana, Respondent,

v.

Michael Lovell ALEXANDER, Relator.

No. 64664.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 8, 1979.

James D. Sparks, Jr., Monroe, for defendant-relator.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Carl Parkerson, Dist. Atty., Allen W. Helm, III, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-respondent.

The issue before us is whether, for a limited period following affirmance of an appealed conviction, the sentencing judge retains jurisdiction to modify a legal sentence not imposed by reason of any error of law.

The defendant was convicted…