STATE v. TATUM

No. 17045-KA.

471 So.2d 887 (1985)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Lantis TATUM, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 12, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nesib Nader, Shreveport, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, John C. Blake, Dist. Atty., Walter E. May, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Jonesboro, for appellee.

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


LINDSAY, Judge.

The defendant, Lantis Tatum, was charged by bill of information with the offense of illegal use of weapons in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:94. After pleading guilty to the charge, the trial court sentenced the defendant to serve two years at hard labor. On appeal, the defendant contends that the trial court imposed an unconstitutionally excessive sentence in violation of Article 1, Section 20 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974. We affirm.

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