STATE v. OATIS

No. 64545.

379 So.2d 486 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana v. Willie OATIS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 28, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Strickler, Jr., New Orleans, Supervising Atty., Stefanie J. Allweiss, Student Counsel, App. Advocacy Program, Tulane University School of Law, for defendant-relator.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise S. Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-respondent.


DIXON, Justice.

This writ was granted on defendant's application, La., 374 So.2d 678, which complained that the Louisiana Department of Corrections incorrectly calculated his prison term by treating two sentences as consecutive, in spite of the fact that the trial judge imposed a concurrent sentence on the second conviction. An interpretation of the last paragraph of C.Cr.P. 901...

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