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STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Steven GALLAGHER v. STATE of Louisiana.
    No. 84-KH-0985.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    June 27, 1984.
    Reconsideration Granted July 27, 1984.
   IN RE: Steven Gallagher applying for Writ of Habeas Corpus, from Criminal District Court, Parish of Orleans, No. 289-817, Section “F”, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal, No. K-2234.

Granted. The district court is ordered to grant relator mandatory credit for work performed under La.R.S. 15:571.10(A). The sheriff is ordered to exercise discretion on an individual basis on the issue of whether relator should be granted a diminution of sentence under La.R.S. 15:571.10(B).

MARCUS, BLANCHE and WATSON, JJ., dissent, being of the opinion that the matter is entirely within the sheriff’s discretion. LSA-RS 15:571.10(B).