State Ex Rel. Carthan v. State

In re Carthan, Ricky; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Beauregard, 36th Judicial District Court Div. B, No. CR196-98; to the Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, No. KH 10-00319.

Denied. Because the statutes in effect at the time he committed the underlying offense authorized a life sentence based on relator’s status as a third or fourth offender, his sentence was not rendered illegal as a result of the vacation of one of the predicate convictions upon which his habitual offender adjudication rested. See La. C.Cr.P. art. 930.3; State ex rel. Melinie v. State,…