State v. Monette

The district attorney for the Thirtieth Judicial Circuit filed this petition for a writ of mandamus directing Judge Charles E. Robinson, Sr., to set aside his December 9, 2003, order suspending Laurence Monette's sentence and to reinstate the 15-year sentence originally imposed. On January 22, 2003, Monette pleaded guilty pursuant to a plea agreement to burglary in the first degree and was sentenced to 15 years in the state penitentiary. At that time he applied for probation. On April 29, 2003, Judge Robinson denied his request for probation and modified his original sentencing order to…