STATE v. SALINAS

No. 97-K-2930.

719 So.2d 1035 (1998)

STATE of Louisiana v. Guadalupe SALINAS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 25, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Robert "Rick" Bryant, District Attorney, Robert C. McCorquodale, Lake Charles, Michael Stratton, for applicant.

Phyllis E. Mann, Alexandria, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.*

We granted the state's application for review because it appeared that the court of appeal misapplied this Court's jurisprudential rule that a trial court may not use its assessment of the defendant's credibility as the sole basis for imposing an apparently severe sentence. State v. Soco, 441 So.2d 719, 721 (La.1983); State v. Quebedeaux, 424 So.2d 1009...

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