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STATE v. MEAD

No. 44,447-KA.

16 So.3d 470 (2009)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee v. Sylvester MEAD, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 13, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louisiana Appellate Project by Peggy J. Sullivan, Monroe, for Appellant.

Sylvester Mead, pro se.

Charles R. Scott, District Attorney, John Ford McWilliams, Jr., Dhu Thompson, Assistant District Attorneys, for Appellee.

Before BROWN, STEWART and MOORE, JJ.

STEWART, J.

The defendant, Sylvester Mead, was adjudicated a third felony habitual offender pursuant to La. R.S. 15:529.1(A)(1)(b)(ii). He was sentenced to the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. The trial court held a hearing pursuant to State v. Johnson, infra, to determine if a downward departure of the defendant's mandatory life sentence was warranted. The trial court determined that a...

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