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688 So. 2d 486

Docket No. 96-K-2380.

State v. Singleton

STATE of Louisiana v. Jermaine SINGLETON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Decided February 7, 1997.

Relies on Weaver v. Graham

Decided 1997-02-07

¶1Granted in part; denied in part. Relator's sentence is amended to delete the denial of eligibility for diminution of sentence for good behavior pursuant to La.R.S. 15:571.3(A). Application of La.C.Cr.P. art. 890.1 to deny good time eligibility on a sentence imposed for a crime committed before the effective date of 1995 La.Acts No. 946 violates the Ex Post Facto Clauses of the federal and state constitutions. Weaver v. Graham,450 U.S. 24, 30-32, 101 S.Ct. 960, 965, 67 L.Ed.2d 17 (1981). In all other respects, relator's application is denied.

¶2LEMMON, J., not on panel.

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