Opinion
No. 16461-KA.
October 31, 1984.
APPEAL FROM FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF OUACHITA, STATE OF LOUISIANA, HONORABLE JOHN R. JOYCE, J.
David G. Haynes, West Monroe, for appellant.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, Johnny Parkerson, Dist. Atty., Monroe, for appellee.
Before HALL, MARVIN, and FRED W. JONES, Jr., JJ.
A sentence of eight years at hard labor is not excessive for a 23-year-old defendant who pleaded guilty to a 1983 burglary, who had had revoked a suspended sentence for a 1979 burglary and was on parole after partially serving sentences for two 1980 burglaries when he committed the 1983 burglary. LSA-Const. Art. 1, § 20.
SENTENCE AFFIRMED.