STATE v. SOCO

No. KA-6436.

508 So.2d 915 (1987)

STATE of Louisiana v. Alvin SOCO.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

June 3, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., William B. Faust, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Joseph H. McCusker, III, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee State of Louisiana.

M. Craig Colwart, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant Alvin Soco.

Before SCHOTT, KLEES and LOBRANO, JJ.


KLEES, Judge.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the defendant received an excessive sentence. Defendant was convicted of armed robbery on June 2, 1981 and was sentenced to serve ninety-nine years at hard labor. This sentence was illegal in that the trial judge failed to recite that the term was to be served without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence, as is required by R.S. 14:64. Defendant appealed. On appeal, the Supreme Court affirmed...

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