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STATE v. BRUMFIELD

No. 59951.

352 So.2d 696 (1977)

STATE of Louisiana v. Eliza BRUMFIELD.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 23, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Dolan, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Leonard E. Yokum, Dist. Atty., Joseph H. Simpson, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Defendant's conviction is affirmed.

However, we note under the authority of La.C.Cr.P. art. 920(2) that the sentence imposed is illegal. Defendant was found guilty of second degree murder and sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor for life without benefit of parole. At the time the crime was committed (April 8, 1974), it was punishable by a term of life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence for...

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