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STATE v. WASHINGTON

No. 42,849-KA.

972 So.2d 1203 (2007)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee v. Sandy WASHINGTON, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 5, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louisiana Appellate Project by Carey J. Ellis, III, for Appellant.

J. Schuyler Marvin, District Attorney, John M. Lawrence, Assistant District Attorney, for Appellee.

Before STEWART, CARAWAY and PEATROSS, JJ.

STEWART, J.

The defendant, Sandy Washington, pled guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. The defendant now appeals the sentence imposed as excessive. For the following reasons, we amend the defendant's sentence to reflect parole eligibility, and affirm the sentence as amended.

FACTS

On October 17, 2001, Bossier police detectives were summoned...

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