Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Alex Joseph STERLING
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2012-03-09
Citations: 84 So. 3d 557
Docket Number: No. 2011-OK-1837
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Alex Joseph STERLING.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 84
Pages: 557–557

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Alex Joseph STERLING.
No. 2011-OK-1837.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
March 9, 2012.

Opinion:
In re Sterling, Alex Joseph; — Defendant; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of Lafayette, 15th Judicial District Court Div. G, No. CR119192; to the Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, No. 11-436.
Granted in part; otherwise denied. Defendant's sentence is amended to delete the denial of parole eligibility, a condition not required by the applicable versions of La.R.S. 15:529.1(A)(1)(a) and La.R.S. 15:529.1(G), or by R.S. 14:64.8. Cf. State v. Bruins, 407 So.2d 685, 687 (La.1981)(conditions imposed on habitual offender sentences under R.S. 15:529.1 "are those called for in the reference statute."). In all other respects, the application is denied.