LANDRIEU, Judge.
Roger Smith was charged by bill of information with purse snatching, a violation of La.Rev.Stat.Ann. § 14:65.1 (West 1986). A jury found him guilty as charged, and he was sentenced as a second offender under La.Rev.Stat.Ann. § 15:529.1 (West 1992), to serve fifteen years at hard labor. Contending that his sentence was excessive, he now appeals.
FACTS:
Rhonda Bordelon was walking from the A & P grocery store on St. Peter...
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