Case Name: STATE ex rel. Brett BURGER v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1995-11-03
Citations: 661 So. 2d 1373
Docket Number: No. 94-KH-1578
Parties: STATE ex rel. Brett BURGER v. STATE of Louisiana.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 661
Pages: 1373–1373

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Brett BURGER v. STATE of Louisiana.
No. 94-KH-1578.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Nov. 3, 1995.

Opinion:
In re Burger, Brett; — Plaintiffs); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writ; Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. "B", No. 315-426.
Writ granted in part; otherwise denied; case remanded. The timeliness provisions of C.Cr.P. art. 930.8(A) do not apply to motions to correct illegal sentences properly made under La.C.Cr.P. art. 882, which states that illegal sentences "may be corrected at any time." State ex rel. Foucha v. Cr.D.C., 93-1001 (La. 9/2/94), 642 So.2d 1274; State ex rel. Johnson v. Day, 92-0122 (La. 5/13/94), 637 So.2d 1062. The district court is therefore ordered to address the merits of relator's claims that he received an illegally lenient sentence, in accordance with the procedures and guidelines forth in State v. Des-dunes, 579 So.2d 452 (La.1991); State v. Washington, 578 So.2d 1150 (La.1991) and State ex rel. Jackson v. Smith, 578 So.2d 1150 (La.1991). In all other respects, relator's application is denied because the other issues relator raises form the proper basis not for a motion to correct an illegal sentence but rather for an application for post-eonvietion relief, time-barred in relator's case. State ex rel. Stepter v. Whitley, 93-2346 (La. 10/13/95). 661 So.2d 480; State ex rel. Glover v. State, 93-2380 (La. 9/5/95), 660 So.2d 1189.