Legal Opinion
State v. Sullivan
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided August 15, 2018No. 52,204-KAPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCox, J.
This appeal arises from the First Judicial District Court, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. James Sullivan ("Sullivan") appeals the sentence imposed at his Miller/Montgomery resentencing proceedings. A timely motion to reconsider sentence was denied. For the following reasons, we affirm.
FACTS
On September 25, 1992, Sullivan was charged with the first degree murder of Richard Jewel, committed when Sullivan was 17 years old. On April 14, 1993, Sullivan pled guilty to second degree murder and received the mandatory life sentence without the benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.
On April…
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