STATE v. SMITH

No. 83 KA 0210.

439 So.2d 640 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana v. Donald Ray SMITH.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

October 11, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ossie Brown, Dist. Atty. by Glen Petersen, Asst. Dist. Atty., Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee.

Georgia Wilemon, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Before COVINGTON, COLE and SAVOIE, JJ.


SAVOIE, Judge.

Donald Ray Smith, defendant, pled guilty to second degree battery and was sentenced to three years at hard labor. He appeals his sentence as excessive.1

On March 15, 1982, ninety-one year old Lucinda Brown was brutally beaten in her home. As a result thereof, Ms. Brown sustained fractured facial bones and her eyes were swollen closed. Defendant, who lived in the victim's home, was questioned in connection with the...

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