STATE v. ALEXANDER

No. 59202.

346 So.2d 1102 (1977)

STATE of Louisiana v. Willie ALEXANDER, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 17, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Begue, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Defendant in the instant case was sentenced to serve one hundred (100) years at hard labor. However, under the provisions of La.R.S. 15:529.1(A)(3), a defendant convicted of simple burglary in violation of La.R.S. 14:62 and found to be a fourth or subsequent felony offender is appropriately sentenced to not less than twenty (20) years and not more than his natural life.

Defendant's conviction is affirmed, but his sentence is annulled and set aside...

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