Case Name: STATE ex rel. Louis DABON v. Frank C. BLACKBURN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1987-06-19
Citations: 508 So. 2d 79
Docket Number: No. 86-KH-2037
Parties: STATE ex rel. Louis DABON v. Frank C. BLACKBURN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
Judges: DIXON, C.J., and WATSON, J., dissent.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 508
Pages: 79–79

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Louis DABON v. Frank C. BLACKBURN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
No. 86-KH-2037.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
June 19, 1987.

Opinion:
In re Dabon, Louis; applying for writ of certiorari and/or review, prohibition, mandamus or habeas corpus; Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. "F", No. 246-701.
Granted. From the transcript of his remarks at sentencing, it is unclear whether the trial judge was aware of his sentencing alternatives at the time but chose not to exercise them in that particular case. Accordingly, relator's sentence is vacated and the case is remanded to the trial court for resentencing in accord with the law.
DIXON, C.J., and WATSON, J., dissent.