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STATE v. HAMPTON

No. KA-4015.

482 So.2d 141 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana v. Johnny HAMPTON, Jr.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

January 15, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara B. Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Susan S. Hunt, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, La., for appellee.

M. Craig Colwart, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Before WARD and BYRNES, JJ., and HUFFT, J. Pro Tem.

BYRNES, Judge.

Defendant was charged with second degree murder, a violation of R.S. 14:30.1, convicted of manslaughter, a violation of R.S. 14:31, and sentenced to 21 years at hard labor. Defendant now appeals, assigning as error the excessiveness of this sentence. We affirm.

ERRORS PATENT

We have reviewed the record of defendant's conviction for errors patent and find no errors.

EXCESSIVE SENTENCE

The imposition of a sentence,...

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