Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Clarence MATTHEWS
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1985-03-01
Citations: 463 So. 2d 594
Docket Number: No. 84-KA-1741
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Clarence MATTHEWS.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 463
Pages: 594–594

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Clarence MATTHEWS.
No. 84-KA-1741.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
March 1, 1985.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Con-nick, Dist. Atty., William R. Campbell, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.
Dwight Doskey, Maurice Hattier, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Defendant's conviction for attempted possession of heroin with the intent to distribute in violation of La.R.S. 14:27; 40:966 is affirmed. His sentence of thirty-three and a third years at hard labor is amended, however; the words "without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence" are removed. Cf., R.S. 14:27(d)(l); State v. Green, 391 So.2d 833 (La.1980); State v. Wymore, 377 So.2d 283, 285 (La. 1977). In all other respects, the sentence imposed by the trial court is affirmed.
CONVICTION AFFIRMED: SENTENCE AMENDED AND AS AMENDED AFFIRMED.