Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Ronald CARLISLE
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2009-12-18
Citations: 23 So. 3d 898
Docket Number: No. 2009-KP-0474
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Ronald CARLISLE.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 23
Pages: 898–899

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Ronald CARLISLE.
No. 2009-KP-0474.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Dec. 18, 2009.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Writ granted; sentence and probation revocation reinstated. The Second Circuit Court of Appeal erred when it ordered relator's sentence vacated and remanded for resentencing. Although relator's sentence, agreed upon pursuant to a plea bargain, to a term of incarceration exceeding 60 days without ordering that he undergo a substance abuse evaluation was rendered illegal by this Court's decision in State v. Mayeux, 01-3195, (La.6/21/02), 820 So.2d 526 (statutory amendment provided for more lenient sentence for third or subsequent DWI offense applies upon conviction rather than date of the offense), the illegal condition ceased to exist once relator was released from prison on probation. Although La.C.Cr.P. art. 882 authorizes the correction of an illegal sentence "at any time," in this case, relator's sentence had already been corrected, as a substantive matter, upon his release from incarceration and placement on probation.