Case Name: STATE ex rel. Kawan STACK v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1999-09-24
Citations: 747 So. 2d 1110
Docket Number: No. 99-KH-1155
Parties: STATE ex rel. Kawan STACK v. STATE of Louisiana.
Judges: JOHNSON, J., not on panel.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 747
Pages: 1110–1111

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Kawan STACK v. STATE of Louisiana.
No. 99-KH-1155.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Sept. 24, 1999.

Opinion:
IN RE: Stack, Kawan; — Plaintiffs); Applying for Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs; Parish of Jefferson 24th Judicial District Court Div. "I" Number 97-68; to the Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, Number 98-KH-1326
Writ granted. Because neither relator's most recent conviction nor either of relator's felonies relied on in the state's habitual offender bill satisfy the criteria of R.S. 15:529.1(A)(1)(b)(ii), relator's habitual offender sentence of life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence is vacated and the district court is ordered to sentence relator to a legal term under R.S. 15:529.1(A)(l)(b)(i).
JOHNSON, J., not on panel.