STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 2005-KA-0176.

932 So.2d 693 (2006)

STATE of Louisiana v. Robert WILLIAMS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 3, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eddie J. Jordan, Jr., District Attorney, Yolanda J. King, Assistant District Attorney, New Orleans, LA, for Appellee, State of Louisiana.

Christopher A. Aberle, Louisiana Appellate Project, Mandeville, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Robert Williams.

(Court composed of Judge TERRI F. LOVE, Judge LEON A. CANNIZZARO, JR., Judge ROLAND L. BELSOME).


LEON A. CANNIZZARO, JR., Judge.

The defendant, Robert Williams, was sentenced to life imprisonment without the benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence after he was convicted under the Habitual Offender Law, La. R.S. 15:529.1, as a third felony offender. He is appealing his sentence on the grounds that it is unconstitutionally excessive.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Mr. Williams was charged with one count of distribution of cocaine and with...

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