Case ID: so2d_715/html/1200-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "LEMMON, J.,", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

STATE of Louisiana v. Christopher NABORS.
    No. 97-K-2110.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    March 20, 1998.
   In re Nabors, Christopher; — Defendants); applying for writ of certiorari and/or review; Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. “F”, No. 375-409; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 96KA-1427.

Denied.

LEMMON, J.,

votes to grant. The statutory penalty is two to fifteen years at hard labor, “at least two without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.” While the trial judge is authorized to impose a sentence in excess of two years, there is no express authority to withhold parole eligibility beyond two years.

KIMBALL, J., votes to grant for reasons assigned by LEMMON, J.

JOHNSON, J., not on panel.