673 So. 2d 1018
Docket No. 93-KH-2798.
STATE of Louisiana v. Checo YANCY.
Decided May 31, 1996.
Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 1996-05-31
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Decided 1996-05-31
Cited by 8 later decisions — most recently April 2018
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¶1Writ granted. Relator's sentence is amended to delete only that portion denying him eligibility for parole on his simple rape conviction. At the time of relator's crime, simple rape carried no parole ineligibility. See La.R.S. 14:43, 1975 La.Acts No. 612; cf. La.R.S. 14:43(C), 1995 La.Acts No. 946; See also, La.C.Cr.P. art. 882 A (appellate court may correct an illegal sentence at any time). In all other respects, the application is denied.
¶2VICTORY, J., not on panel.