State Of Louisiana v. Quarion J. Jenkins

STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2021 KW 1522 VERSUS QUARION J. JENKINS JAN 3 1 2022 In Re: Quarion J. Jenkins, applying for supervisory writs, 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, No. 07- 08- 0874. BEFORE: MaDONALD, LANIER, AND WOLFE, JJ. WRIT DENIED. A felony sentence cannot be amended once a defendant has started serving the sentence. See La. Code Crim. P. art. 881( A). See also La. Code Grim. P. art. 881. 2( A)( 2). Furthermore, where a specific sentence has been agreed upon as a consequence of a plea bargain, a sentence imposed within the agreed range cannot be appealed as excessive, and there is no need for the trial judge to give reasons for the sentence as normally required by La. Code Crim. P. art. 894. 1. See State v. Small, 44, 554 ( La. App. 2d Cir. 8/ 19/ 09), 17 So. 3d 491, 492 , writ denied, 2009- 2057 ( La. 4/ 5/ 10), 31 So. 3d 356 . Moreover, the due process clause imposes no constitutional duty on state trial judges to ascertain a factual basis prior to accepting a guilty plea. State v. Smith, 2009- 769 ( La. App. 5th Cir. 3/ 9/ 10), 38 So. 3d 894 , 896, n. 1, writ denied, 2010- 0843 ( La. 11/ 5/ 10), 50 So. 3d 812 . Accordingly, the district court did not err in denying relator' s motion to correct an illegal sentence. JMM WIL EW COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT D7EPUTt CLERK OF COURT FOR THE COURT