State v. James

GRISBAUM, Judge.

Calvin James was convicted of theft of goods valued at $400 (La.R.S. 14:67.10) by a six-person jury. He was then sentenced to two years at hard labor.

In brief, we are called upon to review the record for error patent and find that the only issue is whether the defendant expressly waived his statutorily mandated three-day delay between conviction and sentence.

Since the single issue presented is primarily a question of law, we will not present the basic record facts leading up to the conviction and sentence.

ANALYSIS

The record shows that after the jury verdict was read, the…