State v. Duhey

| .MOORE, J.

The appellant was convicted by a jury for aggravated battery of a fellow inmate and sentenced to the maximum term of 10 years at hard labor to be served consecutive to the six-year sentence he is currently serving. The defendant appeals his sentence. We affirm.

Facts

The defendant apparently had a disagreement regarding cigarettes with the victim, fellow inmate Troy Millican. Later, while Millican was asleep on his bed at the Richland Parish Detention Center, defendant beat him in the face with a padlock. The victim was taken to a hospital for his facial injuries, which required 52…