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963 So. 2d 382

Docket No. 2006-K-2905.

State v. Jones

STATE of Louisiana v. Cecil C. JONES.

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided August 31, 2007.

Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 2007-08-31

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently January 2014

3 state decisions

Relies on State v. Narcisse

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Decided 2007-08-31

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¶1In re Jones, Cecil C.; — Defendant; Applying for Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of Ouachita, 4th Judicial Distict Court Div. F, Nos. 99-F-000038; to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, No. 41,299-KA.

¶2PER CURIAM.

¶3Granted in part. Defendant's sentence is amended to delete the denial of diminution of sentence for good behavior under La.R.S. 15:571.3(C). See State v. Narcisse, 97-3161, p. 1 (La.6/26/98), 714 So.2d 698, 699 (Department of Corrections lacks authority to deny diminution of sentence for good behavior on a sentence imposed for a crime enumerated in La. R.S. 15:571.3(C)(1), "in a case in which the trial court has not formally adjudicated and sentenced the defendant as a multiple offender under the provisions of La.R.S. 15:529.1."); see La.R.S. 15:571.3(C)(2) and (3). In all other respects, the application is denied.

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