STATE v. WALTERS

No. 26647-KA.

648 So.2d 7 (1994)

STATE of Louisiana, v. Lanny Ray WALTERS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 19, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davenport, Files & Kelly by Thomas W. Davenport, Jr., Monroe, for appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, Jerry L. Jones, Dist. Atty., Charles L. Cook, Asst. Dist. Atty., Monroe, for appellee.

Before SEXTON, NORRIS and PRICE (Pro Tem), JJ.


SEXTON, Judge.

Following a remand for resentencing, defendant contends that his 21-year sentence is excessive, and that the trial court failed to state valid aggravating factors for its upward departure from the sentence recommended by the Felony Sentencing Guidelines. We affirm.

Defendant originally was charged with second degree murder arising from the August 1991 homicide of Donnell Benton. Defendant's daughter, Kristi, had climbed out of her bedroom window...

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