Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Henry Alvin DIXON
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1991-09-06
Citations: 584 So. 2d 668
Docket Number: No. 91-K-1000
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Henry Alvin DIXON.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 584
Pages: 668–669

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Henry Alvin DIXON.
No. 91-K-1000.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Sept. 6, 1991.

Opinion:
In re Dixon, Henry Alvin; — Defendant(s); applying for writ of certiorari and/or review, writ of prohibition, writ of mandamus, supervisory/remedial writs; to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, No. 22,-341-KA; Parish of Caddo, 1st Judicial District Court, Div. "E", No. 144,687.
Prior report: La.App., 577 So.2d 1232.
Granted in part. Ls.Rev.Stat. 15:529.1 requires that the sentencing judge vacate the original sentence and resentence the defendant as a multiple offender. In re-sentencing, the judge must impose a sentence authorized by La.Rev.Stat. 15:529.1. That statute does not authorize the imposition of a fine, but only provides for enhanced sentences relating to the term of imprisonment. The trial judge was therefore without authority to impose a fine on resentencing under La.Rev.Stat. 15:529.1. Accordingly, the fine and default provisions of defendant's sentence are deleted. The application is otherwise denied.