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STATE v. PALINKAS

No. 22595-KA.

587 So.2d 27 (1991)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Janos PALINKAS, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

August 21, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis A. Jones, Ruston, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, T.J. Adkins, Dist. Atty., Stephen K. Hearn, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Ruston, for appellee.

Before LINDSAY, VICTORY and BROWN, JJ.

VICTORY, Judge.

This appeal arises out of a manslaughter conviction for which the defendant was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment at hard labor. He appeals, contending the sentence is excessive. We affirm.

FACTS

Defendant, Janos Palinkas, was born in 1931 in Budapest, Hungary. Leaving his homeland in 1956, defendant arrived in the United States in 1957, gaining citizenship in 1968. He began working in the New Orleans area in 1957 and worked there...

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