State ex rel. Melinie v. State
La.
La.
STATE ex rel. Vandyke MELINIE v. STATE of Louisiana.
We grant the application in order to rule definitively on the issue of whether a person may raise the question of exeessiveness of sentence in a post-conviction application. La.Code Crim.Proc. art. 930.3, which sets out the exclusive grounds for granting post-conviction relief, provides no basis for review of claims of excessiveness or other sentencing error post-conviction. See State v. Gibbs, 620 So.2d 296 (La.App. 3d Cir.1993); cf. State ex rel. Glover v. State, 93-2330, p. 7, 11-14 (La. 9/5/95), 660 So.2d 1189, 1194, 1196-98. Accordingly, relator’s claim for post-conviction relief based on the excessiveness of his sentence is denied.
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