State v. Perkins

jJPLOTKIN, Judge.

Brian Perkins was charged by bill of information on December 13, 1988, with purse snatching, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:65.1.1 At his arraignment on December 21,1988, he pleaded not guilty. The trial court found *1200probable cause and denied the Motions to Suppress the Evidence and the Identification on January 20, 1989. After trial on April 20, 1989, a six-member-jury found him guilty as charged. He was sentenced on May 5, 1989, to serve twenty years at hard labor. He appealed, arguing that the trial court erred in imposing an excessive sentence. This Court agreed; his…