United States ex rel. Curtis v. Blackburn

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Richard Curtis was convicted of second offense armed robbery and was sentenced under the armed robbery statute, La.R.S. 14:64 B, and the habitual offender law, La.R.S. 15:529.1.A(1).1 Under the recidivist *1048statute Curtís was subject to a minimum sentence of 33 years and a maximum sentence of 198 years. Curtis was sentenced to 198 years at hard labor. His conviction was affirmed, State v. Curtis, 363 So.2d 1375 (La.1978), but his case was remanded for resentencing because the trial judge had improperly imposed a condition that the sentence would not be subject to…