Case Name: STATE ex rel. Robert LEE, v. John WHITLEY, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1992-10-09
Citations: 605 So. 2d 1112
Docket Number: No. 91-KH-1691
Parties: STATE ex rel. Robert LEE, v. John WHITLEY, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 605
Pages: 1112–1112

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Robert LEE, v. John WHITLEY, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
No. 91-KH-1691.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Oct. 9, 1992.

Opinion:
In re Lee, Robert; — Plaintiff(s); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writs; Parish of Franklin, 5th Judicial District Court, Div. "B", No. 25,136; to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, No. 23323-KW.
Denied. Correction of relator's sentence to reflect that it runs without parole eligibility does not support a presumption of vindictiveness under North Carolina v. Pearce, 395 U.S. 711, 89 S.Ct. 2072, 23 L.Ed.2d 656 (1969). The requirement of law that relator must serve his sentence without parole represents a "wholly logical, non-vindictive reason .,'" negating any presumption of vindictiveness. State v. Lucas, 598 So.2d 338 (La.1992) [quoting Texas v. McCullough, 475 U.S. 134, 140, 106 S.Ct. 976, 980, 89 L.Ed.2d 104 (1986)].