PER CURIAM.
Writ Granted. The judgment of the court of appeal, substituting a parole-ineligible 15-year term for the defendant's original sentence, is vacated and the sentence imposed by the district court is reinstated. On sentence review the only pertinent query is "whether the trial court abused its broad sentencing discretion, not whether another sentence might have been more appropriate." State v. Cook, 95-2784, p. 4 (La.5/31/96),
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