STATE v. HODGE

No. 25,574-KA.

632 So.2d 903 (1994)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Floyd L. HODGE, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

February 23, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Richard Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, Paul J. Carmouche, Dist. Atty., Theresa H. Bloomfield & Tommy J. Johnson, Asst. Dist. Attys., Shreveport, for appellee.

Before MARVIN, C.J., and NORRIS and VICTORY, JJ.


MARVIN, Chief Judge.

After bargaining to plead guilty as charged to manslaughter in return for a sentence cap of eight years at hard labor, Floyd L. Hodge appeals his sentence to six years at hard labor. LRS 14:31.

The facts may be summarized. In February 1992, Hodge was a 46-year-old first offender, married with two teen-aged children. Leaving an argument in the street with his neighbor about the neighbor's barking dog, Hodge went into his home and returned...

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