STATE v. SIMS

No. 81-KA-1822.

410 So.2d 1082 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana v. Willie SIMS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lowen B. Loftin, Dist. Atty., William R. Coenen, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Carey J. Ellis, Jr., of Ellis & Ellis, Rayville, for defendant-appellant.


CARTER, Associate Justice Ad Hoc.*

This appeal involves judicial review of a criminal sentence for excessiveness in accordance with Article 1, Section 20 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974. The defendant, Willie Sims, was charged along with Michael Williams and James M. Williams with simple robbery of J. C. Wilmore on December 29, 1979, and with simple burglary of the Tip Top Bar in Rayville, Louisiana, on the same date. Defendant first...

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