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STATE EX REL. WALGAMOTTE v. BLACKBURN

No. 85-KH-0422.

481 So.2d 1322 (1986)

STATE ex rel. Leslie F. WALGAMOTTE v. Frank BLACKBURN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 7, 1986.

PER CURIAM.

Sentence to life without benefit, the maximum under the Habitual Offender Law, LSA-R.S. 15:529.1, for a fourth offender1 before the court on the non-violent crime of possessing stolen things, LSA-R.S. 14:69, appears to be unconstitutionally excessive. Compare Solem v. Helm, 463 U.S. 277, 103 S.Ct. 3001, 77 L.Ed.2d 637 (1983). Defendant's sentence...

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