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STATE v. BROUSSARD

No. CR89-23.

546 So.2d 656 (1989)

STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Arthur "Red" BROUSSARD, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

July 5, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Marquet, Lafayette, for defendant-appellant.

Donald Landry, Asst. Dist. Atty., Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before STOKER, LABORDE and YELVERTON, JJ.

YELVERTON, Judge.

Arthur "Red" Broussard pleaded guilty to purse snatching, a violation of La.R.S. 14:65.1, and was sentenced to seven years at hard labor. He appeals assigning two errors: failure of the trial court to comply with the sentencing guidelines of La.C. Cr.P. art. 894.1, and excessiveness of the sentence.

Broussard, 33 at the time of the offense and 34 when he was sentenced, admitted at his guilty plea that he took Mary Mouton's purse from her...

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