STATE v. WHEELER

No. KA 1219.

450 So.2d 695 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana v. Tommy WHEELER.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 10, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Joanne C. Marier, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Dwight Doskey, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Before SCHOTT, BYRNES and WARD, JJ.


BYRNES, Judge.

Defendant, Tommy Wheeler, was charged with aggravated crime against nature, committed by performing fellatio on a nine year old boy, a violation of La.R.S. 14:89.1(5). A twelve person jury found defendant guilty as charged. He was adjudged a quadruple offender and sentenced to life imprisonment. This appeal followed.

Defendant's only assignment of error urges that the trial court imposed an excessive sentence. We do not agree and affirm both...

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