Court Opinion

ID: 1585115
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Date Created: 2013-10-30 06:51:29.994291+00
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508 So.2d 80 (1987)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Alvin ABBOTT.
No. 87-CQ-1255.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
June 19, 1987.
Rehearing Denied September 4, 1987.
*81 Certification granted. In response to the certified question, Louisiana Act 851 of 1986 should be applied retroactively to uphold the validity of habitual offender proceedings where orders of appeal were entered prior to the sentencing of the defendants as habitual offenders.
CALOGERO, J., would grant the requested certification and bring the case up for briefing, argument and opinion.