Court Opinion

ID: 7494218
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-29 04:14:32.296107+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:23:10.300227
License: Public Domain

PER CURIAM.
The defendant’s conviction is affirmed. The case is remanded for resentencing because application of the habitual offender statute, La.R.S. 15:529.1, was improper. The subject offense, for which the penalty was sought to be enhanced, was committed before defendant was convicted of the penalty-enhancing offense. However, La.R.S. 15:529.1(A) authorizes only the use of prior convictions in a habitual offender bill.
Accordingly, defendant’s sentence is set aside and the case is remanded for resen-tencing in accordance with law.