State Ex Rel. Berry v. State

STATE ex rel. Jimmie Ray BERRY v. STATE of Louisiana.

Decided May 16, 1997.

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently August 2003

4 state decisions

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Decided 1997-05-16

¶1Writ granted; case remanded for resentencing. The district judge erred in imposing two sentences enhanced under R.S. 15:529.1 when the two convictions arose from a single criminal episode and were entered on the same day. See State ex rel. Porter v. Butler,573 So.2d 1106, 1109 (La.1991); State v. Sherer,411 So.2d 1050, 1057 (La.1982).

¶2VICTORY, TRAYLOR and KNOLL, JJ., would grant and docket to reconsider State ex rel. Porter v. Butler.

¶3CALOGERO, C.J., not on panel.