STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 15256-KA.

430 So.2d 164 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John L. WILLIAMS, Sr., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 5, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nesib Nader, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.

Paul J. Carmouche, Dist. Atty., Shreveport, Barbara B. Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, Terry L. Lindsey and Catherine M. Estopinal, Asst. Dist. Attys., Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MARVIN, FRED W. JONES, Jr., and SEXTON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

After having pled guilty to a charge of negligent homicide (La.R.S. 14:32), defendant, John L. Williams, Sr., was sentenced to be imprisoned at hard labor for five years. Defendant appealed, asserting in his brief that the sentence is excessive.

Although the defendant entered a contemporaeous objection in the trial court at the time of his sentencing, he has not filed any assignments of error. Consequently, the scope of our review is limited to...

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