State v. Sims

410 So.2d 1082 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Willie SIMS.

No. 81-KA-1822.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 1, 1982.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lowen B. Loftin, Dist. Atty., William R. Coenen, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Carey J. Ellis, Jr., of Ellis & Ellis, Rayville, for defendant-appellant.

CARTER, Associate Justice Ad Hoc.[*]

This appeal involves judicial review of a criminal sentence for excessiveness in accordance with Article 1, Section 20 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974. The defendant, Willie Sims, was charged along with…