Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Mark SMITH
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2015-03-27
Citations: 164 So. 3d 183
Docket Number: No. 2013-OK-1125
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Mark SMITH.
Judges: GUIDRY, J., dissents in part and assigns reasons.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 164
Pages: 183–184

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Mark SMITH.
No. 2013-OK-1125.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
March 27, 2015.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
h Granted. The trial court erred in granting defendant's motion to correct an illegal sentence and in resentencing defendant to 21 years imprisonment at hard labor, thereby releasing him from custody with credit for time served. The decision in Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S.-, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012), does not apply retroactively to final sentences subject only to collateral attack at the time it was decided. State v. Tate, 12-2763 (La.11/5/13), 130 So.3d 829, cert. denied, — U.S. — , 134 S.Ct. 2663, 189 L.Ed.2d 214 (2014). The trial court is ordered to hold an expeditious contradictory hearing within the next 15 days with the state, to determine whether recommitting defendant to the custody of the Department of Corrections "would be inconsistent with fundamental principles of liberty and justice." State v. Kline, 475 So.2d 1093 (La.1985); see also State v. Roberts, 568 So.2d 1017 (La.1990).
GUIDRY, J., dissents in part and assigns reasons.