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STATE        OF    LOUISIANA                                                                                 NO.        2023       KW    0875

VERSUS

KELROY        ANTOINE              ROBERTSON                                                     SEPTEMBER                    14,       2023

In    Re:              Kelroy            Antoine               Robertson,              applying                    for        supervisory
                       writs,            22nd        Judicial                 District            Court,                Parish          of    St.

                       Tammany,              No.    2663- F- 2023.

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

           WRIT        GRANTED.                    After           conviction              and        before             sentencing,             a

person            shall       be        bailable               if     the      maximum            sentence                which         may     be
imposed           is     imprisonment                    for        five      years        or     less.             La.       Const.         art.

I, §        18;     La.       Code        Crim.           P.       art.       312 ( E) .         The         record           before         this
court         does        not       show           that        a      habitual             hearing            has         been       held       in
this        matter,               and     there           is        no    indication                  from         the        record         that

relator           will        pose        a    danger            to      any     other          person             or    the       community
or     that        there           is    a     substantial                 risk       that        relator               might        flee       if
he     is     admitted              to        postconviction                    bail.            See         La.        Code        Crim.       P.

art.        312 ( E) .        Therefore,                  the       district          court           erred             in    denying         the

request            for        a    postconviction                        sentencing bond                       when           the       maximum

sentence           which           may        be     imposed             in this case  is                          imprisonment               for
five        years        or       less.            See     La.        R. S.     40: 967( C)(           2).         Accordingly,               the

writ        application                  is        granted           and       this        matter            is     remanded             for     a

bond        sentencing                  hearing           which           should           be     promptly                   held       without

any     delay           upon            receipt           of        this       court'       s    action.                     The    district
court        has       the        discretion              to        impose        special             conditions               on       release
after         conviction                 and        before            sentence.                  See         La.        Code        Crim.       P.

art.       312( D).

                                                                         JMG
                                                                         WIL

           Chutz,         J.,       would           order           the       state        to    file         a     response            to    the

writ        application                  and        invite           a    per      curiam             from         the        trial       judge

regarding the claim that relator is constitutionally entitled to
bail pending sentencing.

      RT     OF APPEAL,                 FIRST       CIRCUIT

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              PUTY        CLERK          OF    COURT
                       FOR        THE    COURT