State v. Turner

BROWN, Chief Judge.

| defendant, Brian Henry Turner, was originally charged by bill of information with felony theft of assets of an aged or disabled person in an amount exceeding $1,500 for‘taking his elderly parents’ debit card- and conducting at least 107 transactions at local casinos and the race track in amounts exceeding $30,000. Pursuant to a -plea bargain, Turner was allowed to plead guilty to the lesser charge of middle grade theft, which carries a maximum sentence of five years with or without hard labor. The trial judge ordered a pre-sentence investigation and thereafter sentenced…