STATE v. CLARK

No. 80-KA-1609.

391 So.2d 1174 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana v. Mancel CLARK.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank T. Salter, Jr., Steven W. Hale, Salter, Streete & Hale, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., William C. Pegues, III, Dist. Atty., David W. Burton, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


DENNIS, Justice.

Defendant, Mancel Clark, was convicted by a jury of theft of livestock, La.R.S. 14:67.1, and sentenced to thirty months at hard labor. Defendant appeals from his sentence, arguing two assignments of error: (1) The trial court failed to comply with the sentencing guidelines of Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure Article 894.1; (2) The trial court imposed as excessive sentence in violation of Article 1, Section 20 of the Louisiana Constitution. Finding...

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