Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Michael J. DUFRENE
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2019-05-28
Citations: 273 So. 3d 301
Docket Number: No. 2018-KO-1174
Parties: STATE of Louisiana
v.
Michael J. DUFRENE
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 273
Pages: 301–302

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Michael J. DUFRENE
No. 2018-KO-1174
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 28, 2019
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT, PARISH OF TANGIPAHOA

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Writ granted in part, otherwise denied; case remanded. Defendant's sentences are vacated and the case is remanded to the trial court for resentencing in accordance with the provisions of La.C.Cr.P art. 894.1 and La.C.Cr.P. art. 883, including the court's articulation of its reasons for the sentences imposed.
SENTENCES VACATED; CASE REMANDED.
GUIDRY, J., would deny.
Cf. State v. Green , 16-0107, p. 14 (La. 6/29/17), 225 So.3d 1033, 1042, cert. denied , - U.S. -, 138 S.Ct. 459, 199 L.Ed.2d 338 (2017) :
Here, defendant's conduct transpired within a very short period. . Absent well-articulated reasons from the sentencing court, we decline to say whether it was an abuse of discretion to impose consecutive terms. Thus, we will remand the matter to the trial court to consider whether defendant indeed poses a grave risk to public safety and, at a minimum, to articulate reasons for the consecutive terms.