Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Willie ALEXANDER, Jr.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1977-05-25
Citations: 346 So. 2d 1102
Docket Number: No. 59202
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Willie ALEXANDER, Jr.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 346
Pages: 1102–1102

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Willie ALEXANDER, Jr.
No. 59202.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 25, 1977.
Rehearing Denied June 17, 1977.
Brian Begue, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Con-nick, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Defendant in the instant case was sentenced to serve one hundred (100) years at hard labor. However, under the provisions of La.R.S. 15:529.1(A)(3), a defendant convicted of simple burglary in violation of La.R.S. 14:62 and found to be a fourth or subsequent felony offender is appropriately sentenced to not less than twenty (20) years and not more than his natural life.
Defendant's conviction is affirmed, but his sentence is annulled and set aside. The case is remanded to the lower court for resentencing in accordance with the law and views herein expressed.