State v. Bell

PAINTER, Judge.

| defendant, Kenneth Bell, Sr., was found guilty of aggravated battery and cruelty to a juvenile. He was sentenced to five years at hard labor for each offense, with the sentences to run consecutively with each other and with any other time being served. Finding that any error in the trial court’s failure to conform to the sentencing delays required by La.Code Crim.P. art. 873 is harmless, we affirm Defendant’s sentences.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Defendant returned home drunk and got into an altercation with his wife. During the altercation, Defendant threw hot grease on his…