State v. Savoy

Full title: STATE OF LOUISIANA, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. WILSON K. SAVOY, JR.…

Court: Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit

Date published: Oct 12, 1983

438 So. 2d 1238 (La. Ct. App. 1983)

Opinion

No. CR83-107.

October 12, 1983.

APPEAL FROM 27TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY, STATE OF LOUISIANA, HONORABLE JOSEPH A. LAHAYE, J.

William Tracy Barstow, Opelousas, for defendant-appellant.

Morgan J. Goudeau, III, Dist. Atty., Opelousas, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GUIDRY, CUTRER and DOUCET, JJ.

GUIDRY, Judge.

The defendant, Wilson K. Savoy, Jr., pleaded nolo contendere to the charge of negligent homicide, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:32. The trial court sentenced the defendant to five years at hard labor. The defendant has appealed the conviction and sentence.

The defendant filed no assignments of error pursuant to LSA-C.Cr.P. Art. 844. Therefore, the scope of appellate review in this case is limited to a review of the pleadings and proceedings, without inspection of the evidence, for errors patent. LSA-C.Cr.P. Art. 920; State v. Zeno, 322 So.2d 136 (La. 1975). Accordingly, we have carefully examined the record in this case pursuant to the mandate of LSA-C.Cr.P. Art. 920, and finding no errors patent on the face of the record, we affirm the defendant's conviction and the sentence imposed.

AFFIRMED.