State v. SIGERS

BROWN, Chief Judge.

hA jury found 68-year-old defendant, Willie Mack Sigers, guilty of simple robbery, a violation of La. R.S. 14:65. Defendant was thereafter adjudicated a second felony offender and sentenced to 14 years at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. A timely motion to reconsider sentence was denied. Defendant’s conviction is affirmed; however, in its brief, the state recognized that the denial of parole eligibility was improper and, therefore, the sentence is amended to delete the provision denying parole.

Facts

On November 21, 2008, as the…