83-K-1694 Precedential Processed

State v. Williams

Louisiana Supreme Court · Filed October 7, 1983 · 439 So. 2d 387

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State v. Williams 800 So. 2d 790 La. 2001
State v. Fraser 484 So. 2d 122 La. 1986
State v. Wade 470 So. 2d 562 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1985
State v. Hills 451 So. 2d 1346 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1984
State v. Jackson 452 So. 2d 682 La. 1984
State v. Brown 447 So. 2d 15 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1984
State v. Ogletree 446 So. 2d 415 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1984
State v. Brown 444 So. 2d 1215 La. 1984
State v. Gatlin 445 So. 2d 47 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1984

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State v. Williams 434 So. 2d 585
State v. Telsee 425 So. 2d 1251

Opinion text

439 So.2d 387 (1983) STATE of Louisiana v. Henry WILLIAMS, Jr. No. 83-K-1694. Supreme Court of Louisiana. October 7, 1983. *388 Granted. The ruling of the Court of Appeal, 434 So.2d 585 , is reversed and the sentence imposed by the district judge is reinstated. R.S. 14:52 sets only a maximum fine, not a minimum. State v. Telsee, 425 So.2d 1251 (La.1983), is not applicable. Increasing a lawful sentence chills the right to appeal. CALOGERO and LEMMON, Justices, concurring. When the defendant appeals the excessiveness of the sentence, the appellate court may not increase the severity of the sentence.