State v. London

VICTORY, Judge.

Defendant, Kenneth London, appeals as excessive a three-year hard labor sentence following his plea of guilty to bringing alcohol into the parish jail in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:402 E. Finding his sentence excessive, we remand for sentencing.

FACTS

Defendant, convicted of simple burglary and three counts of misdemeanor' theft, was serving sentences of five years at hard labor and six months in the parish jail respectively in the Caldwell Parish Jail.1 While working as a trusty on June 2, 1990, he was caught smuggling tequila into the jail,2 and was charged with, and subsequently…