Case Name: STATE ex rel. Edmond SCOTT v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1997-03-07
Citations: 689 So. 2d 1370
Docket Number: No. 95-KH-2030
Parties: STATE ex rel. Edmond SCOTT v. STATE of Louisiana.
Judges: KNOLL, J., not on panel.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 689
Pages: 1370–1370

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Edmond SCOTT v. STATE of Louisiana.
No. 95-KH-2030.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
March 7, 1997.

Opinion:
In re Scott, Edmond; — Plaintiffs); applying for writ of certiorari and/or review, supervisory and/or remedial writs mandamus; Parish of Jefferson, Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court, Div. "D", No. 85-1637; to the Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, No. 95-KH-529.
Writ denied. Documents in the courts' possession reveal that relator did not receive an illegally lenient sentence but instead received a legal- sentence of 50 years imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. The copy of the transcript relator enclosed with his application shows obvious signs of alteration to remove the "without benefit" language. See R.S. 14:133 (filing forged or altered documents with public office punishable by up to five years imprisonment at hard labor and $5,000 fine).
KNOLL, J., not on panel.