State v. Ladd

JAMES F. McKAY III, Chief Judge.

1 TThe defendant, Corey J. Ladd, appeals the trial court’s judgment re-sentencing him to serve seventeen years at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence contending that the sentence is unconstitutionally excessive and denying his motion to reconsider sentence. Finding that the trial court erred, we remand the matter to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

STATEMENT OF CASE

The facts surrounding the defendant’s conviction and initial sentence are detailed in State v. Ladd, 2013-1663, p. 2 (La.App.…