State v. Byrd

1 ,A jury convicted Defendant Bobby Charles Byrd as charged of aggravated flight from an officer in violation of La. R.S. 14:108.1. He was adjudicated a fourth felony habitual offender, and the trial court initially sentenced him to 25 years at hard labor, a departure from the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment imposed by La. R.S. 15:529.1. Following a motion to reconsider sentence filed by the state, the trial court resentenced Defendant to the mandatory term of life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. Defendant now appeals his…