Legal Opinion

State v. Patrick

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided October 18, 2017No. 51,579–KAPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.

*780The defendant, Diane Ellen Patrick, was charged by bill of information with vehicular homicide, a violation of La. R.S. 14:32.1. The defendant pled guilty as charged without an agreement as to sentencing. The defendant was sentenced to pay a $3,000 fine and serve 22 years' imprisonment at hard labor. Defendant appeals her sentence as excessive. For the following reasons, we vacate the illegally lenient sentence and remand for resentencing.

FACTS

The record shows that on December 6, 2014, the defendant was driving a pickup truck north on Buncombe Road in Shreveport, Louisiana, when her vehicle…

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