STATE v. GATSON

No. CR83-587.

441 So.2d 841 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Melvin GATSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Yeager, Alexandria, for defendant-appellant.

G. Earl Humphries, III, Asst. Dist. Atty., Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GUIDRY, FORET and KNOLL, JJ.


KNOLL, Judge.

The defendant, Melvin Gatson, was convicted of armed robbery, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:64, and sentenced to serve thirty years at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. He has appealed his sentence as being excessive and not in compliance with LSA-C.Cr.P. Art. 894.1.

FACTS

In the early evening of December 12, 1982, Mrs. Vestal Dunn parked her car at the P.D.Q. convenience store in Alexandria. She...

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