State v. Arena

McCALEB, Justice.

Appellant was charged, tried and convicted on a bill of information containing 'four counts for issuing worthless checks in violation of R.S. 14:71. As each worthless check was • for an amount less than $100 but for more than $20, the judge imposed sentences of two years imprisonment at hard labor on each count (the maximum jail sentence), ordering the sentences on the first three counts to run consecutively and the sentence on the fourth count to run concurrently with the other sentences.

During the proceedings below, appellant reserved two bills of exceptions on which she…