STATE v. SANDERS

No. 83 KA 0739.

444 So.2d 312 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana v. Ronald SANDERS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

December 22, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ossie B. Brown, Dist. Atty. by Richard Johnson, Asst. Dist. Atty., Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee.

M. Michele Fournet, Appellate Counsel, Asst. Public Defender, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Before COVINGTON, COLE and SAVOIE, JJ.


SAVOIE, Judge.

Ronald Sanders, defendant, was found guilty of attempted manslaughter and sentenced to seven years at hard labor. He appeals this sentence as excessive.1

On September 28, 1981, defendant became involved in an altercation with the victim after he was observed slashing tires on the victim's car. In the ensuing fight, the victim was stabbed nine times. The majority of these wounds were sustained in the victim's back...

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