Case Name: STATE ex rel. Raymond DRIGHT v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1992-10-09
Citations: 605 So. 2d 1106
Docket Number: No. 91-KH-1650
Parties: STATE ex rel. Raymond DRIGHT v. STATE of Louisiana.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 605
Pages: 1106–1107

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Raymond DRIGHT v. STATE of Louisiana.
No. 91-KH-1650.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Oct. 9, 1992.

Opinion:
In re Dright, Raymond; — Plaintiff(s); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writs; Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. "C", No. 254-672.
Granted. This case is remanded to the district court for correction of relator's sentence of 33 years at hard labor, the mandatory minimum penalty that any court could impose on a multiple offender convicted of armed robbery and sentences under the provisions of La.R.S. 15:529.1, to reflect that the sentence will run without benefit of parole. State v. Bruins 407 So.2d 685 (La.1981). The requirement of law that relator serve his sentence without parole eligibility constitutes a " 'wholly logical, non-vindictive reason . for correcting the sentence in this case. State v. Lucas, 598 So.2d 338 (La.1992) [quoting Texas v. McCullough, 475 U.S. 134, 140, 106 S.Ct. 976, 980, 89 L.Ed.2d 104 (1986)]."