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STATE v. TURKS

No. 30333-KA.

706 So.2d 1042 (1998)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Richard TURKS, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

January 22, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Michael Lawrence, Shreveport, for Appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Attorney General, James M. Bullers, District Attorney, Whitley Graves, Randall Smith, Assistant District Attorneys, for Appellee.

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

MARVIN, Chief Judge.

After having been charged with second degree murder and bargaining to plead guilty to manslaughter and to an unrelated forgery in return for the dismissal of another forgery charge, Richard Turks, a fourth-felony offender, appeals, as excessive, concurrent hard labor sentences of 40 years on the manslaughter conviction and 10 years on the forgery conviction.

We affirm.

DISCUSSION

The homicide victim, Brenda Hardman, and...

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