State v. Carroll

GAUDIN, Judge.

The only assignment of error in this criminal appeal is that Donnell Carroll was given an excessive sentence in violation of LSA-Const. art. 1, Sec. 20. He was sentenced to four years at hard labor after entering a plea of guilty to simple burglary, LSA-R.S. 14:62, which carries a maximum sentence of 12 years with or without hard labor.

Carroll contends that he should have received probation or that he should have been imprisoned in Jefferson Parish for one year or less.

Appellant cites State v. Neal, 524 So.2d 237 (La.App. 5th Cir.1988) and State v. Tyler, 524 So.2d 239 (La.App.…