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STATE             OF    LOUISIANA                                                                    NO.     2023      KW      1205

VERSUS

ARTY      JAMES           MARCEL                                                              FEBRUARY             16,       2024

In      Re:              Arty         James           Marcel,         applying             for       supervisory               writs,

                         32nd         Judicial             District           Court,          Parish        of     Terrebonne,
                         No.        686293.

BEFORE:                 WELCH,             WOLFE,       AND     STROMBERG,             JJ.

          WRIT           DENIED.                Any     challenge            to    a   previous            conviction           which

is      not            made     before            sentence           is      imposed         may     not        thereafter            be
raised             to    attack             the     habitual          offender             sentence.             See     La.      R. S.
15: 529. 1( D)(               1)(    b);        State      v.   Chaney,           2020- 0981 (        La.       App.     1st     Cir.
6/ 4/    21),           327         So. 3d       1038,      1042- 43,           writ       denied,         2021- 01204 (           La.
11/ 10/ 21),              326        So. 3d       1251.         On    appeal,          this      court       noted       that      the
mandatory                sentence               required         by "     La.      R. S.      15: 529. 1( A) ( 4) (       b)",     was

imprisonment                    for        the     remainder            of    the      defendant' s             natural          life,
without                the          benefit           of    parole,           probation,              or        suspension            of

sentence.                     See         State       v.    Marcel,           2015- 1805 (           La.     App.        lst     Cir.
6/ 3/ 16),              2016         WL     3126440 (           unpublished),                writ     denied,          2016- 1196
 La.          5/ 26/ 17),             221       So. 3d      855.          Moreover,           there        is     no   statutory
bar to applying the habitual offender law in sentencing for more
than      one           conviction               obtained          on the         same       date    based on unrelated
conduct.                 State             V.      Lowery,            2004- 0802 (             La.         App.        1st       Cir.
12/ 17/ 04),                  890         So. 2d       711,        722,       writ         denied,          2005- 0447 (           La.
5/ 13/ 05),              902        So. 2d      1018.

     RT       OF APPEAL,                   FIRST      CIRCUIT

              EPUTY          CLERK OF COURT
              1         FOR         THE     COURT