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STATE v. WELCH

No. KA-7983.

550 So.2d 265 (1989)

STATE of Louisiana v. Alvin L. WELCH.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

September 14, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty. and R. Jeffrey Bridger, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for plaintiff/appellee.

M. Craig Colwart, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant/appellant.

SCHOTT, C.J., and PLOTKIN and BECKER, JJ.

BECKER, Judge.

Defendant, Alvin L. Welch, was indicted by grand jury with second degree murder (a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30.1). Defendant's first trial ended in a hung jury. After a second trial by jury, defendant was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to serve eighteen years at hard labor. Defendant's only assignment of error on appeal is that the trial court erred in imposing an unconstitutionally excessive...

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