STATE v. BUTLER

No. 41,982-KA.

968 So.2d 175 (2007)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee v. Kymekha BUTLER, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

May 2, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louisiana Appellate Project, by Mark Owen Foster, Indigent Defender Board, by William Rick Warren, for Appellant.

John Schuyler Marvin, District Attorney, John Michael Lawrence, Marcus Ray Patillo, Assistant District Attorneys, for Appellee.

Before BROWN, CARAWAY and DREW, JJ.


DREW, J.

Kymekha Butler seeks review of her four-year hard labor sentence for felony theft in excess of $500.00. La. R.S. 14:67. The trial court denied her motion for reconsideration of sentence. We affirm.

Defendant argues that:

• the sentence is excessive because this is her first felony conviction; • the trial court should not have held the pending theft by shoplifting charge in

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