State Of Louisiana v. Leslie Young

STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2019 KW 0773 VERSUS LESLIE YOUNG AUG 19 2019 In Re: Leslie Young, for 19th applying supervisory writs, Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, No. 02- 87- 0665. BEFORE: McCLENDON, WELCH, AND HOLDRIDGE, JJ. WRIT DENIED. Relator' s claim may not be raised in a motion to correct an invalid sentence, and it is untimely for purposes of postconviction La. Code relief. Crim. P. art. 930. 8( A); State v. Gedric, 99- 1213 ( La. App. Ist Cir. 6/ 3/ 99), 741 So. 2d 849, 852 ( per curiarn), writ denied, 99- 1830 ( La. 11/ 5/ 99), 751 So. 2d 239 . Furthermore, it is well- settled law that district attorneys are empowered to amend indictments, both as to form and substance, at any time before trial. See La. Code Crim. P. art. 487( A); State ex rel. Rochelle v. State, 2015- 1728 ( La. 10/ 28/ 16), 203 So. 3d 227 ( per curiam). A post -verdict attack on the sufficiency of an indictment should be rejected unless the indictment failed to give fair notice of the offense charged or failed to set forth any identifiable offense. See State v. Thibodeaux, 98- 1673 ( La. 9/ 8/ 99), 750 So. 2d 916, 930 , cert. denied, 529 U. S. 1112 , 120 S. Ct. 1969 , 146 L. Ed. 2d 800 ( 2000). PMc JEW GH COURT O,E A E L, FIRSTCIRCUIT DEPUTY C aw— ERK OF COURT FOR THE COURT