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STATE v. LINDSEY

Nos. 99-K-3256, 99-K-3302.

770 So.2d 339 (2000)

STATE of Louisiana v. Roy LINDSEY. State of Louisiana v. Darryl K. Webster.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 17, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sherry Watters, Abita Springs, Counsel for Applicant (No. 99-K-3256).

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Harry F. Connick, District Attorney, Nicole Brasseaux Barron, New Orleans, Counsel for Respondent (No. 99-K-3256).

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Harry F. Connick, District Attorney, Jeffrey Wayne Davidson, Belle Chasse, Holli Ann Herrle-Castillo, Abita Springs, Counsel for Applicant (No. 99-K-3302).

Christopher Albert Aberle, Abita Springs, Counsel for Respondent (No. 99-K-3302).

VICTORY, J.

At issue in these consolidated cases is whether or not the mandatory penalty of life imprisonment for each of the defendants dictated by the Habitual Offender Statute, La. R.S. 15:529.1, constitutes an excessive sentence under State v. Johnson, 97-1906 (La.3/4/98), 709 So.2d 672. After reviewing the record and the applicable law, we hold that in State v. Lindsey, the mandatory life sentence imposed by the...

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