State v. WIDE

CHATELAIN, * Judge Pro Tempore.

|,The defendant appeals, asserting that his sentence for identity theft over $1000 is excessive. We affirm.

FACTS

On March 21, 2007, the defendant, Edward N. Wide, was charged by bill of information with identity theft over $1000, a violation of La. R.S. 14:67.16. He pled guilty to the charge on June 27, 2008, in exchange for the State’s agreement not to prosecute him as a habitual offender. See La. R.S. 15:529.1.

At his sentencing hearing, the defendant admitted that he attempted to use false identification bearing the victim’s name, John Zolinger, III, to…