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02/20/04 "See News Release 019 for any concurrences and/or dissents." SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA No. 03-K-2736 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CRAIG A. PARKER On Writ of Certiorari to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal

PER CURIAM: Granted. The order of the court of appeal is vacated and the defendant's sentence is reinstated. The state did not move in the district court for correction of defendant's sentence, see La.R.S. 15:301.1, or seek correction on review, see La.C.Cr.P. art. 881.2(B), and the presentence report upon which the appellate court relied for its conclusion that defendant is not eligible for suspension of sentence and probation because of his prior record is not part of the record for purposes of error patent review. See State v. Wrestle, Inc., 360 So.2d 831, 837 (La. 1978)("Historically, our jurisprudence does not permit inspection of the trial transcript to ascertain such errors . . . but only of the record for purposes of error patent appellate review

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