Legal Opinion
State v. Underwood
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 23, 1998No. CR98-363PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
liWO OP ARP, Judge.
Oscar Ray Underwood, the defendant, alleges that his fifteen-year sentence at hard labor for committing aggravated burglary is excessive. For the following reasons, we set aside the sentence and remand for resentenc-ing.
FACTS
On January 7, 1997, the defendant entered the residence of Gertrude Cornish without authorization. Attempting to force her to resume a “relationship” with him, he held a butter knife to the stomach of her eight-year-old son. He then took the keys to her car after threatening her.
On February 27, 1997, he was charged by bill of information with one count…
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