Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Lucius PERRON
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1978-12-22
Citations: 365 So. 2d 1107
Docket Number: No. 62953
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Lucius PERRON.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 365
Pages: 1107–1107

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Lucius PERRON.
No. 62953.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Dec. 22, 1978.
A. J. Boudreaux, Staff Appeals Counsel, Indigent Defender Bd.; Kenner Philip E. O’Neill, Metairie, for defendant-appellant.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., John M. Mam-oulides, Dist. Atty., Robert A. Pitre, Jr., Stephen M. Little, Asst. Dist. Attys., Gret-na, Abbott J. Reeves, Director, Research and Appeals Div., Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The defendant's conviction is affirmed. The case is remanded for resentencing because application of the habitual offender statute, La.R.S. 15:529.1, was improper. The subject offense, for which the penalty was sought to be enhanced, was committed before defendant was convicted of the penalty-enhancing offense. However, La.R.S. 15:529.1(A) authorizes only the use of prior convictions in a habitual offender bill.
Accordingly, defendant's sentence is set aside and the case is remanded for resen-tencing in accordance with law.