STATE v. BLUNT

No. KA 2369.

464 So.2d 869 (1985)

STATE of Louisiana v. Paul A. BLUNT.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

February 12, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara B. Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Beryl M. McSmith, Julia Coley, Asst. Dist. Attys., New Orleans, for the State.

Elizabeth Cole, Supervising Atty., New Orleans, for defendant.

Before REDMANN, C.J., and GULOTTA and WILLIAMS, JJ.


REDMANN, Chief Judge.

Defendant's appeal from his sentence for second offense simple robbery, La.R.S. 14:65 and 15:529.1, complains that he was improperly sentenced as a second offender and that, in any case, his ten-year sentence was excessive.

We find the ten-year sentence not unconstitutionally excessive. Defense counsel argues defendant is not among the worst of offenders and therefore does not deserve so long a sentence. The maximum under R.S. 15:529...

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