STATE EX REL. GALLAGHER v. STATE

No. 84-KH-0985.

452 So.2d 166 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Steven GALLAGHER v. STATE of Louisiana.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Reconsideration Granted July 27, 1984.


Granted. The district court is ordered to grant relator mandatory credit for work performed under La.R.S. 15:571.10(A). The sheriff is ordered to exercise discretion on an individual basis on the issue of whether relator should be granted a diminution of sentence under La.R.S. 15:571.10(B).

MARCUS, BLANCHE and WATSON, JJ., dissent, being of the opinion that the matter is entirely within the sheriff's discretion. LSA-RS...

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