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STATE v. GANT

No. 29169-KA.

687 So.2d 660 (1997)

STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Sharonda GANT, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

January 22, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven R. Thomas, Mansfield, for Defendant-Appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Attorney General, Don M. Burkett, District Attorney, Charles B. Adams, Assistant District Attorney, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before MARVIN, C.J., and HIGHTOWER and WILLIAMS, JJ.

MARVIN, Chief Judge.

After being charged with a burglary and three counts of forgery and bargaining to plead guilty to one count of forgery, 18-year-old Sharonda (or Sharhonda) Gant appeals, complaining that her sentence to the maximum 10 years at hard labor is constitutionally excessive. La.R.S. 14:72.

The arguments to this court couch the excessive sentence issue in terms of whether the maximum sentence "shocks" one's sense of justice.

We affirm...

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