Legal Opinion
State v. Brister
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 17, 1993No. Cr93-238PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GUIDRY, Judge.
Defendant, Raymond W. Blister, was convicted of molestation of a juvenile, a violation of La.R.S. 14:81.2, and sentenced to four and one-half (4⅜) years at hard labor. On appeal, his indigent defense counsel requests only that we review the record for any errors that appear on its face, i.e., errors patent.
A review of the record reveals that the trial judge, during sentencing, failed to give the defendant credit for time served at the time of sentencing. We amend the sentence to give Blister credit for time previously served, if any, and remand this case to the trial court for…
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