Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Lenard FORD
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1982-11-05
Citations: 422 So. 2d 416
Docket Number: No. 82-KA-0142
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Lenard FORD.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 422
Pages: 416–416

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Lenard FORD.
No. 82-KA-0142.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Nov. 5, 1982.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Marion B. Farmer, Dist. Atty., Walter P. Reed, Margaret A. Coon and Abbott J. Reeves, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.
William J. Faustermann, Jr., Slidell, for defendant-appellant.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Because the defendant was not conscious when the trial judge announced his sentencing considerations and thus did not have a chance in the trial court to dispute the accuracy thereof, the sentence is sfet aside.
CONVICTION AFFIRMED; SENTENCE VACATED AND CASE REMANDED FOR RESENTENCING.