State v. Richards

SAUNDERS, Judge.

| defendant was charged as a habitual offender on December 7, 2011. A habitual offender hearing was held on August 8, 2012, following which the trial court found Defendant to be a third felony offender and, pursuant to La.R.S. 15:529.1(A)(3)(b), sentenced him to imprisonment for life without the benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.

Defendant filed a “Motion for Reconsideration of Sentence” on August 23, 2012, asserting that the sentence was excessive. The trial court denied the motion without a hearing.

*641Defendant now appeals the sentence. His argument is that…