STATE v. WASHINGTON

No. 00-KA-301.

769 So.2d 1235 (2000)

STATE of Louisiana v. Arthur J. WASHINGTON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

September 26, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Rodney Baum, Louisiana Appellate Project, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Attorney for Appellant Arthur J. Washington.

Paul D. Connick, Jr., District Attorney, Thomas J. Butler, Counsel of Record on Appeal, Terry M. Boudreaux, Assistant District Attorneys, Appellate Counsel, George C. Wallace, Trial Attorney Assistant District Attorney, Gretna, Louisiana, Attorneys for Appellee State of Louisiana.

Panel composed of Judges CHARLES GRISBAUM, Jr. and JAMES L. CANNELLA, and JAMES C. GULOTTA, Judge Pro Tem.


CANNELLA, Judge.

Defendant, Arthur Washington, appeals from his conviction of theft, valued between $100 and $500, his adjudication as a third felony offender and sentence to life in prison at hard labor. For the reasons which follow, we affirm the conviction and adjudication as a third felony offender, but vacate the sentence and remand for resentencing.

This case involves a theft at Walgreens drugstore on Lafayette Street in Gretna on January 24, 1998. At...

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