Case Name: STATE EX REL. Rodney J. TOLLIVER v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2016-10-28
Citations: 202 So. 3d 991
Docket Number: NO. 2013-KH-2893
Parties: STATE EX REL. Rodney J. TOLLIVER v. STATE of Louisiana
Judges: CRICHTON, J., additionally concurs and assigns reasons.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 202
Pages: 991–992

Head Matter:
STATE EX REL. Rodney J. TOLLIVER v. STATE of Louisiana
NO. 2013-KH-2893
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
10/28/2016

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
| TWrit Granted. On remand from the United States Supreme Court, Tolliver v. Louisiana, No. 14-6673, — U.S. -, 136 S.Ct. 1354, 194 L.Ed.2d 341 (March 7, 2016) (mem.), and in light of the Supreme Court's holding in Montgomery v. Louisiana, 577 U.S. -, 136 S.Ct. 718, 193 L.Ed.2d 599 (2016) that Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. -, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012) announced a substantive rule of constitutional law that applies retroactively, we vacate relator's sentence and remand this case to the 15th Judicial District Court for further proceedings consistent with the views expressed in State v. Montgomery, 13-1163 (La. 6/28/16), 194 So.3d 606, and for resentencing pursuant to La.C.Cr.P. Art. 878.1.
REMANDED.
CRICHTON, J., additionally concurs and assigns reasons.