# State ex rel. Brown v. Maggio

> Supreme Court of Louisiana · June 8, 1977 · 346 So. 2d 1105

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7484477

## Case

- **Full name:** STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Leonard BROWN v. Ross MAGGIO, Jr., Warden La. State Penitentiary
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Louisiana
- **Decided:** June 8, 1977
- **Citations:** 346 So. 2d 1105; 1977 La. LEXIS 5007
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Dixon
- **Judges:** Dixon
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

DIXON, J.,
dissents from denial; the La. Constitution gives defendant a right to review the excessive sentence. It has not been reviewed. Defendant was represented on appeal by O.I.D.P., and cannot be said to have waived any right.

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