State v. Lintzen

GUIDRY, Judge.

Defendant, Lloyd Lintzen, was found guilty of four counts of theft by fraud (La.R.S. 14:67), each count involving an amount in excess of $500.00. He was sentenced to eight years in the custody of the Department of Corrections on each count, with the sentences to be served consecutively. The defendant appealed his convic*198tion but did not complain at that time of sentence excessiveness. Defendant’s conviction was affirmed by this court. State v. Lintzen, 439 So.2d 660 (La.App.3rd Cir. 1983), writ denied, 443 So.2d 1118 (La.1984).

On June 22, 1987, the defendant filed an application…