Granted in part; denied in part. Relator's sentence of forty years at hard labor, "at least" ten years of which must be served without parole eligibility, is vacated and this case is remanded to the district court with instructions to resentence relator to a determinate sentence which specifies the extent of parole disability in a fixed number of years. La.C.Cr.P. art. 879; State ex rel. Dawson v. Ballard,
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