A jury convicted the defendant, Herbert Davenport, Jr., of hit and run driving, a violation of La.R.S. 14:100. Thereafter, the trial court sentenced him to serve seven and one-half years at hard labor. The defendant appeals both his conviction and sentence, asserting two assignments of error. For the following reasons, we affirm the defendant's conviction, but vacate his sentence and remand the matter to the trial...
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