STATE v. JACKSON

No. 16776-KA.

460 So.2d 1183 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. George L. JACKSON, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 5, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha E. Minnieweather, Bastrop, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, Johnny Parkerson, Dist. Atty., Earl Cox, Asst. Dist. Atty., Monroe, for appellee.

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


MARVIN, Judge.

George L. Jackson appeals, as excessive under the state and federal constitutions, a minimum sentence to 10 years at hard labor after pleading guilty to DWI 4th offense. LSA-Const. Art. 1, § 20; U.S. Const. Amend. VIII; LRS 14:98. He also contends that the trial court failed to comply with CCrP Art. 894.1.

Defendant asserts that "if the [minimum] sentence prescribed by statute is [excessive] cruel and unusual within the meaning...

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