Application is denied; the sentence is not illegal; the reference to Angola (if in fact there were such reference) is mere surplusage and R.S. 15:824 places applicant in custody of the La. Dept. of Corrections.
BARHAM, J., concurs. The showing here does not warrant a finding of an illegal sentence. However, I am of the opinion that upon a proper showing, a sentence which commits a defendant to a particular state institution rather than to the Louisiana Department...
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