State v. Wisham

ALFORD, Judge.

Defendant, Kenneth G. Wisham, was charged by bill of information with armed robbery, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:64, in connection with an incident that occurred in November of 1983 in the parking lot of the Wagon Wheel Lounge in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A jury convicted him of the responsive verdict of simple robbery (LSA-R.S. 14:65). Defendant was subsequently sentenced to seven years with the Department of Corrections.

In this appeal, defendant alleges two assignments of error:

1. The trial court imposed an excessive sentence and failed to comply with La.C. Cr.P. art. 894.1.

2.…