Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Lavada ANTHONY
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1977-05-25
Citations: 346 So. 2d 707
Docket Number: No. 59144
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Lavada ANTHONY.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 346
Pages: 707–708

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Lavada ANTHONY.
No. 59144.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 25, 1977.
Timothy R. Higgins, Morrison & Higgins, Hammond, for defendant-appellant.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Leonard E. Yo-kum, Dist. Atty., William M. Quin, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The sentence imposed upon the defendant in the instant case, life imprisonment without benefit of pardon, probation or parole for twenty years, is improper. Gubernatorial pardon or commutation, constitutionally permitted, may not be precluded by the terms of an imposed sentence. La.Const. Art. 4, § 5 (1974); State v. Williams, 338 So.2d 672 (La.1976).
Defendant's conviction is affirmed, but his sentence is vacated and set aside and the case is remanded for resentencing in accordance with the foregoing.