Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Donald Ray SIMS
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1987-06-12
Citations: 508 So. 2d 65
Docket Number: No. 87-K-0930
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Donald Ray SIMS.
Judges: CALOGERO, J., would grant the writ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 508
Pages: 65–65

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Donald Ray SIMS.
No. 87-K-0930.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
June 12, 1987.

Opinion:
In re Sims, Donald Ray; applying for supervisory writs; to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, No. 18401-KA; Parish of Ouachita, 4th Judicial District Court, Div. "C", No. 42703.
Prior report: La.App., 505 So.2d 755.
Denied. Considering that the defendant cannot be required to serve jail time if he is unable because of poverty to pay the fine imposed, the new sentences are not constitutionally excessive.
CALOGERO, J., would grant the writ.