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STATE v. WATTS

No. 20713-KA.

550 So.2d 711 (1989)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Donnie Ray WATTS, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

August 23, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Indigent Defender Office by Carl F. Survine and Richard E. Hiller, Shreveport, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, Paul J. Carmouche, Dist. Atty., Richard L. Carney and Tommy J. Johnson, Asst. Dist. Attys., Shreveport, for appellee.

Before HALL, NORRIS and HIGHTOWER, JJ.

HALL, Chief Judge.

Defendant, Donnie Ray Watts, was charged by bill of information with simple burglary in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:62. Pursuant to plea negotiations with the state, defendant pled guilty to simple burglary, and the state dismissed other charges pending against defendant. The trial court sentenced him to seven years at hard labor. Defendant appealed, assigning as error that his sentence is excessive in violation of La.Const. Art. 1, § 20 (1974...

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