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STATE v. SMITH

No. 40,752-KA.

923 So.2d 972 (2006)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Samuel K. SMITH, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

March 8, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Annette Roach, Louisiana Appellate Project, for Appellant.

Jerry L. Jones, District Attorney, Cynthia P. Lavespere, Assistant District Attorney, for Appellee.

Before STEWART, GASKINS and CARAWAY, JJ.

GASKINS, J.

The defendant, Samuel K. Smith, was originally indicted for aggravated kidnapping. He entered an Alford1 plea to attempted second degree kidnapping and was sentenced to 20 years at hard labor without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence. The defendant appealed his sentence as excessive. We affirm.

FACTS

On September 15, 2004, at about 7:30 a.m., a young female jogger was running near...

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