Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-09-26 12:05:10.801203+00
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STATE OF LOUISIANA

STATE         OF      LOUISIANA                                                            NO.    2023      KW    0716

VERSUS

NORMAN         A.      SANDERS                                                    SEPTEMBER             25,       2023

In     Re:            Norman          A.        Sanders,    applying            for                               writs,
                                                                                           supervisory
                      32nd          Judicial          District Court,              Parish         of    Terrebonne,
                      No.      197186.

BEFORE:               GUIDRY,         C. J.,         CHUTZ     AND   LANIER,      JJ.

         WRIT          DENIED.              Relator' s         attack     of    his     indictment            does      not

point         to    an      illegal         term      in   his    sentences.            Therefore,          his    claim
may      not        be      raised         in    a    motion      to    correct       an    illegal         sentence.
See      La.       Code       Crim.        P.    art.      881. 5;      State   v.      Alexander,          2014- 0401
 La.         11/ 7/    14),        152     So. 3d      137 (     per    curium).           Furthermore,            it    is
the      fact          of      a    non - unanimous              jury     conviction         that       entitles          a

defendant             to      relief        under       Ramos     v.    Louisiana,          590    U. S.           1    140
S. Ct.         1390,          206    L. Ed. 2d         583 (     2020),     not    any       other         procedural
defect.             See       State        v.   Vaughn,        2022- 00214 (      La.  5/ 5/ 23),           362    So. 3d
363.           A      jury         unanimously             convicted       relator         of     two      counts        of

first         degree          murder.             Accordingly,            the   district          court       did       not
abuse         its        discretion             by denying relator' s                 motion      to    correct          an

illegal         sentence.

                                                               JMG

                                                               WRC
                                                               WIL

 URT         OF APPEAL,             FIRST       CIRCUIT

              DUTY       CLERK       OF     COURT
                      FOR     THE    COURT