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STATE v. SYKES

No. 17015-KA.

471 So.2d 886 (1985)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Elmer R. SYKES, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

June 12, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McKeithen, Wear, Ryland & Woodard by Russell A. Woodard, Columbia, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, Charles B. Bice, Dist. Atty., Winnfield, for appellee.

Before MARVIN, JASPER E. JONES and SEXTON, JJ.

JASPER E. JONES, Judge.

The defendant, Elmer Sykes, was charged by bill of information with third offense driving while intoxicated in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:98 D. He pled guilty to the charged offense and was sentenced to one year at hard labor. Defendant appeals his sentence as excessive. We affirm.

A cursory review of R.S. 14:98 D reveals the sentence imposed on defendant is illegally lenient instead of being...

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