Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Leroy GAINES
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1984-09-14
Citations: 455 So. 2d 1179
Docket Number: No. 84-K-1268
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Leroy GAINES.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 455
Pages: 1179–1179

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Leroy GAINES.
No. 84-K-1268.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Sept. 14, 1984.

Opinion:
In Re: Leroy Gaines, applying for Writ of Certiorari to the First Circuit Court of Appeal, Number KA-83-1426, 452 So.2d 239; 20th Judicial District Court, Parish of West Feliciana, Number W-83-5-686, Division B.
Granted as to sentence only. In the absence of further reasons, the sentence appears to be excessive. The sentence, is set aside and the case remanded for resentenc-ing after reconsideration.