Legal Opinion

State v. Smith

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided October 29, 2014No. 14-KA-359PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERT A. CHAISSON, Judge.

| ¡.Defendant, Phillip Smith, appeals the denial of his motion to correct an illegal sentence. For the reasons that follow, we dismiss this appeal, but grant defendant thirty days from the date of this opinion within which to file a writ application to this Court seeking review of the denial of his motion to correct an illegal sentence under this Court’s supervisory jurisdiction.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of second degree murder and was thereafter sentenced to the mandatory term of life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit…

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