Legal Opinion
State v. Mims
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 18, 1993No. 93-K-0808PublishedCited by 539 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
619 So.2d 1059 (1993)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Ira Joe MIMS.
No. 93-K-0808.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
June 18, 1993.
2Per curiam
Defendant was convicted of purse snatching and second degree battery and was ultimately sentenced as a second offender. He then moved for reconsideration of the sentence, urging that it was excessive.
On appeal, the court of appeal refused to review defendant's claim of excessiveness of sentence because defendant did not assert in his motion for reconsideration the reasons why the sentence was alleged to be excessive, 614 So.2d 776.
The court of appeal correctly observed that one purpose…
3Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. MimsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1993
- Stockle v. Zimmer, USASupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
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