PER CURIAM.
Defendant's conviction for second-degree murder in violation of La.R.S. 14:30.1 is affirmed. We agree with counsel, however, that the penalty imposed by the trial court of life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of "parole, probation, commutation or dimunition of sentence for a period of 40 years" is illegal and must be set aside. Cf., La.C.Cr.P. art. 882. This Court has consistently held under both La. Const.1921, Art. V, § 10 and...
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