Legal Opinion

State v. Desdunes

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 24, 1991No. 90-KH-0932PublishedCited by 123 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

579 So.2d 452 (1991)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Gary A. DESDUNES.

No. 90-KH-0932.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 24, 1991.

2Per curiam

Writ Granted. Defendant's motion to correct his "illegally lenient" sentence for armed robbery (forty years at hard labor without mention of parole eligibility or ineligibility) was granted and he was resentenced to the same term of years without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.

Upon motion of the state or the defendant, the sentencing court should correct an illegally lenient sentence by imposing a legal sentence of a term of years to be served without…

3Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State v. FraserSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1986

4Cited by123 opinions

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