Case Name: STATE ex rel. Percy JOHNSON v. John P. WHITLEY, Warden
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1994-11-18
Citations: 646 So. 2d 366
Docket Number: No. 93-KH-0865
Parties: STATE ex rel. Percy JOHNSON v. John P. WHITLEY, Warden.
Judges: LEMMON, J., not on panel.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 646
Pages: 366–366

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Percy JOHNSON v. John P. WHITLEY, Warden.
No. 93-KH-0865.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Nov. 18, 1994.

Opinion:
In re Johnson, Percy; — Plaintiffs); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writ; Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. "A", No. 248-206.
Writ granted. Relator moved the district court under LSA-C.Cr.P. art. 882 to correct an illegally lenient sentence and the district court denied the motion as untimely pursuant to LSA-C.Cr.P. art. 930.8(A). However, the timeliness provisions of LSA-C.Cr.P. art. 930.8(A) apply to applications for post-conviction relief made under LSA-C.Cr.P. arts. 924-930.8, and do not apply to motions to correct illegal sentences made under LSA-C.Cr.P. art. 882, which states that illegal sentences "may be corrected at any time." State ex rel. Johnson v. Day, 637 So.2d 1062 (La.1994); cf. State v. Johnson, 220 La. 64, 55 So.2d 782 (1951). The district court is therefore ordered to address the merits of relator's claims.
LEMMON, J., not on panel.