STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 20883-KA.

550 So.2d 688 (1989)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Games WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

August 23, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha E. Minnieweather, Bastrop, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, James A. Norris, Jr., Dist. Atty., C. Mark Donahoe, Asst. Dist. Atty., Monroe, for appellee.

Before MARVIN, SEXTON and NORRIS, JJ.


MARVIN, Judge.

A three-year hard labor sentence, six months of which is without parole or probation under the mandate of LRS 14:98(D), plus a fine of $1,000, is not constitutionally excessive for a 65-year-old chronic abuser of alcohol,

—who was convicted of DWI 3d offense within a year after pleading guilty to a charge of DWI 2d offense (reduced from a DWI 3d offense), —who, over a period of 20 years, had a record of five DWI convictions...

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