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STATE v. MIMS

No. 24667-KA.

626 So.2d 856 (1993)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Ira Joe MIMS, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

October 27, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Indigent Defender Bd. by Richard E. Hiller, Shreveport, for appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, Paul J. Carmouche, Dist. Atty., Howard M. Fish, Catherine M. Estopinal, Asst. Dist. Attys., Shreveport, for appellee.

Before SEXTON, NORRIS and VICTORY, JJ.

SEXTON, Judge.

After remand by the Louisiana Supreme Court, this court is presented with the issue of constitutional excessiveness of Mims' 35-year sentence. State v. Mims, 619 So.2d 1059 (La.1993).

On January 12, 1985, the defendant attacked a 70-year-old woman and stole her purse when she returned home from grocery shopping. The defendant was arrested two days later on an unrelated charge, and the victim's credit...

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