State v. Thibodeaux

GENOVESE, Judge.

hln this criminal case, Defendant, Dietrich Jamal Thibodeaux, after having been convicted of numerous felonies, was adjudicated a habitual offender and sentenced to fifty years imprisonment without the benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. The State appealed Defendant’s sentence, alleging trial court error in deviating from the mandatory sentence proscribed by law for a fourth felony offender. For the following reasons, we vacate the trial court sentence and remand the case for resentencing in accordance with law.

FACTS

Defendant’s underlying conviction in…