Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1977

State v. Watts

State v. Watts
Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided November 23, 1977
352 So. 2d 1018; 1977 La. LEXIS 6746 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

State v. Watts

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

The resentencing of defendant to twenty years imprisonment at hard labor is affirmed. See State v. Sledge, 340 So.2d 205 (La. 1976); State v. Craig, 340 So.2d 191 (La. 1976); State v. Lee, 340 So.2d 180 (La. 1976). However, the case is remanded to the trial court for correction of the sentence to reflect credit toward service of defendant’s sentence for time spent in actual custody prior to its imposition. La.C.Cr.P. art. 880.

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