State v. Sinegal
Supreme Court of Louisiana
State v. Sinegal, 444 So. 2d 1184 (La. 1984)
1984 La. LEXIS 7904
Lemmon
State v. Sinegal
Opinion of the Court
Granted. Sentence is vacated and case remanded for re-sentencing after a full hearing and affording defendant opportunity to contravene allegations in PSI report,
Concurring Opinion
concurs.
It is inappropriate for a probation officer to include in a presentence investigation report an unsupported statement that a police officer “considers Sinegal to be a ‘big man’ in the narcotics trade in Jennings”. It is even more inappropriate for the trial judge, in imposing sentence, to attach any significance whatsoever to such a statement. The sentencing judge should disregard this • and any other conclusory statements that are made without a factual basis.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- STATE of Louisiana v. Lee Ray SINEGAL
- Cited By
- 1 case
- Status
- Published