State v. Hamilton

666 So.2d 655 (1996)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Cathy L. HAMILTON.

No. 95-K-2462.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 2, 1996.

Defendant was charged with soliciting unnatural carnal copulation, and pled guilty as charged. She was adjudicated as a second felony offender. The trial court sentenced her to eighteen months at hard later, one year less than the statutory minimum of two and a half years mandated for a second offender under La.R.S. 15:529.1 The court of appeal affirmed and the state now applies to this court.

Louisiana's judiciary maintains the distinct responsibility of reviewing sentences…