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STATE v. MATTHEWS

No. CR88-192.

532 So.2d 270 (1988)

STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James W. MATTHEWS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 5, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathrine S. Williamson, Alexandria, for defendant-appellant.

Clifford R. Strider, III, Asst. Dist. Atty., Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before DOUCET, LABORDE and YELVERTON, JJ.

YELVERTON, Judge.

Defendant, James W. Matthews, pleaded guilty to the crime of manslaughter, a violation of La.R.S. 14:31, and was given the maximum sentence of twenty-one years at hard labor. He appeals raising two assignments of error: failure to comply with the sentencing guidelines of La.C.Cr.P. art. 894.1, and imposition of a constitutionally excessive sentence. We find that there was indeed a failure to sufficiently comply with the guidelines, and the sentence...

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