STATE v. SMITH

Nos. 2004-338.

883 So.2d 505 (2004)

STATE of Louisiana v. Robert Thomas SMITH.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

September 29, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Downs, District Attorney—Ninth Judicial District Court, Michael W. Shannon, Assistant District Attorney, Alexandria, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee, State of Louisiana.

Karen G. Arena, Louisiana Appellate Project, Metairie, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Robert Thomas Smith.

Robert Thomas Smith, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, LA, Pro Se.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, C.J., BILLIE COLOMBARO WOODARD, and OSWALD A. DECUIR, Judges.


THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge.

The Defendant, Robert Thomas Smith, pled guilty to manslaughter and aggravated robbery charges1 with an agreed-upon sentencing cap of sixty years for both charges. He reserved his right to appeal on grounds of excessive sentence. After being sentenced to consecutive terms of forty years at hard labor for manslaughter and twenty years at hard labor for aggravated robbery, the Defendant appeals his convictions and...

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