re: Update: Alleged Perp in custody: Garret James Ward of BR for 2nd Degree murder

The updated multiple offender law basically works like this.

2nd felony is 1/3 the maximum on the current charge to 2x the maximum. Examples: one prior felony, your current is a poss. cocaine, goes from 0-5 years to 1.5 - 10 flat. A PWITD cocaine goes from 5-30 years (serving less than 50% w/good time) to 10-60 flat.

3rd felony is 1/2 the maximum to 2x the maximum. This is where you start seeing scaling. Example : if armed robbery is your third, your sentence changes from 10-99 to 49.5-198 flat. You're done.

If the 3rd felony and your two prior felonies were crimes of violence or certain sex crimes, mandatory life. ("Triple lifer")

4th felony (and neither this nor the priors are violent or sex) is 20 years to 2x the maximum on the current offense. If the current max is less than 20, it's straight up 20.

4th felony and any prior violent or sex at all, it's the maximum on the current (at least 20) to life.

If the 4th and two prior are violent or sex, it's life. ("Quad lifer").

All of this is flat time. No good time at all, serve a day for a day. No probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.

Also, this doesn't happen automatically, the DA has to file a multiple bill and prove the priors (unless you plead to the MB) so it's the state's discretion.

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sheesh

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a google search says 3rd DWI in 2015. maybe it was thrown out?

so he was caught doing something else to get it revoked? damn, SS.

I dont think so

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Is this SuperSaint?

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Nope.

Stp jail is in Covington, but he's going to meet so many Slidell smack dealers in the bing

P-man, are you still sore about not getting a bid?

Ole baw taking testosterone supplements? His neck is way too big for that shirt in the booking pic. Could explain the rage