State v. Mincey

THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge.

_JjThe Defendant, Robert Elijah Lamar Mincey, a/k/a Robert Bryant, was adjudicated to be a second habitual offender 1 and sentenced to serve fifty years at hard labor, without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence on an underlying manslaughter conviction. 2 On appeal, he argues that his sentence is excessive. We disagree and affirm.

LAW AND DISCUSSION

Pursuant to La.R.S. 14:31, the underlying manslaughter conviction subjected Defendant to a term of up to forty years. Therefore, as a second habitual offender, La.R.S. 15:529.1(A)(2)(a) subjected him to a…