State v. Singleton

[1] Writ is granted. This case is remanded to the court of appeal for review on the merits of defendant' sentencing claims.

[2] Even assuming that La.C.Cr.P. art. 881.1 retroactively applied to defendant's sentencing on January 21, 1992, ten days before the statute's provides that a motion to reconsider sentence "shall be oral at the time of sentencing or in writing thereafter. . . " Defense counsel began the combined guilty plea and sentencing proceeding on January 21, 1992, by objecting to the excessiveness of the eight-year sentences the court would impose, and by reserving appellate review…