State v. Morgan

|, The defendant, Robert L. Morgan, was convicted of purse snatching and received the maximum sentence of 20 years at hard labor. He filed and was granted an “out of time” appeal, by which he seeks review of his sentence. Finding no abuse of discretion by the trial judge, we affirm.

FACTS

On June 6, 2006, the defendant’s mother, Barbara Moi’gan, called the Ouachita Parish Sheriffs Office to report a missing vehicle belonging to her companion, Hardy Wilson. The vehicle was a maroon 2000 GMC Sierra truck with license plate number V667890.

Around 11:00 that evening, the defendant approached Summer…