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STATE of Louisiana v. Lawrence T. WATTS.
    No. 59964.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 23, 1977.
    Garland R. Rolling, Metairie, for defendant-appellant.
    William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Knowles M. Tucker, Dist. Atty., Bernard E. Boudreaux, Jr., Edward M. Leonard, Jr., Walter J. Sen-ette, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-ap-pellee.
   PER CURIAM.

The resentencing of defendant to twenty years imprisonment at hard labor is affirmed. See State v. Sledge, 340 So.2d 205 (La.1976); State v. Craig, 340 So.2d 191 (La.1976); State v. Lee, 340 So.2d 180 (La. 1976). However, the case is remanded to the trial court for correction of the sentence to reflect credit toward service of defendant’s sentence for time spent in actual custody prior to its imposition. La.C.Cr.P. art. 880.