STATE v. MANNING

No. KA-4362.

490 So.2d 484 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana v. Arthur MANNING.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

June 5, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., A. Hammond Scott, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for appellee.

Before SCHOTT, BYRNES and ARMSTRONG, JJ.


BYRNES, Judge.

Defendant, Arthur Manning, appeals his sentence from a conviction for distribution of heroin, a violation of LSA R.S. 40:966. Manning was sentenced to ten years at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence.

On appeal defendant raises two assignments of error; first, that the trial judge erred by imposing an illegal sentence; and second, that the sentence imposed was excessive. Having reviewed the record, we find...

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