STATE v. LAWRENCE

No. Cr91-263.

584 So.2d 334 (1991)

STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David Hill LAWRENCE, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied October 11, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ginger Berrigan, New Orleans, Roy B. Tuck, Jr., Leesville, for defendant-appellant.

William E. Talley, Dist. Atty., Edwin Cabra, Asst. Dist. Atty., Leesville, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before LABORDE, YELVERTON and KNOLL, JJ.


KNOLL, Judge.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the sentencing court erred in imposing a twenty-one year sentence at hard labor on defendant, David Hill Lawrence, for the 1976 homicide of his wife, Sandra Lawrence.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In 1978, Lawrence was found guilty as charged of second-degree murder (LSA-R.S. 14:30.1) and sentenced to life imprisonment without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. Our Supreme Court affirmed...

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