Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Nash v. State

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided September 19, 2014No. 2013-KH-2032PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Per curiam

L Granted; relief denied; sentence corrected. The district court erred in granting relator’s motion to correct an illegal sentence by amending his sentence to reflect that it is no longer without parole eligibility and ordering the Louisiana Department of Corrections to revise relator’s prison master accordingly. The court further erred by directing the Department to calculate an eligibility date for parole consideration according to the criteria provided by La.R.S. 15:574.4(A)(2). Although relator seeks review because the district court did not provide him the remedy he sought — resentencing…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Miller v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  2. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2001
  3. State v. TateSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2013
  4. Tate v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 2014

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Parfait v. StateSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2015
  2. State v. NashLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2018

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