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STATE v. WILLIAMS

Nos. 2001-K-0554, 2001-K-0667.

817 So.2d 40 (2002)

STATE of Louisiana v. Michael WILLIAMS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 14, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Brown, Sr., Gretna, Counsel for Respondents.

Michael Williams, Respondent, pro se.

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Paul D. Connick, Jr., District Attorney, Alan D. Alario, II, Terry M. Boudreaux, Gretna, Counsel for Applicant.

WEIMER, Justice.

This court granted cross applications filed by the state and the defendant to decide whether a trial court has jurisdiction and discretion to correct a ministerial error which involved the inadvertent signing of a motion for new trial. For the following reasons, we conclude the trial court was authorized to correct the ministerial error. We remand to the court of appeal to consider the original appeal on the merits.

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