STATE v. COLEMAN

No. 83 KA 0821.

444 So.2d 338 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana v. Willie COLEMAN.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

December 22, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ossie Brown, Dist. Atty., Baton Rouge, by Michael R. Erwin, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

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

Before COVINGTON, COLE and SAVOIE, JJ.


SAVOIE, Judge.

Willie Coleman, defendant, pled guilty to receiving stolen goods and was sentenced to 14 months at hard labor. He appeals this sentence as excessive.

On October 12, 1981, the victim of a burglary saw the defendant pawning some jewelry taken earlier that day during the burglary. Based upon the victim's statements and information supplied by the proprietor of the pawn shop, the defendant was arrested. When arrested, he was in possession of additional...

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