Case ID: so2d_885/html/0513-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

STATE of Louisiana v. Melvin SMITH.
    No. 2004-KP-0382.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Oct. 8, 2004.
    Rehearing Denied Dec. 8, 2004.
   PER CURIAM.

Writ granted in part; denied in part; sentence reinstated. The court of appeal lacked jurisdiction to grant the state’s writ. La. Const. art. V, § 5(E). Its judgment is therefore void. However, the district court erred in granting relief on a claim, raised by a motion properly considered an application for post-conviction relief no matter how captioned, that is: (1) time-barred, see La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.8; State ex rel. Glover v. State, 93-2330 (La.9/5/95), 660 So.2d 1189; State ex rel. Stepter v. Whitley, 93-2346 (La.10/13/95), 661 So.2d 480; and (2) not cognizable on collateral review, see La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.3; State ex rel. Melinie v. State, 93-1380 (La.1/12/96), 665 So.2d 1172.