State v. Johnson

I2LOBRANO, Judge.

The defendant, Wayne Johnson, was charged by bill of information with first degree robbery, a violation of La. R.S. 14:64.1. A jury found the defendant guilty of the lesser and included offense of simple robbery. The defendant was adjudicated a third offender, and was sentenced under the “violent offender” provision of La. R.S. 15:529.1 to life imprisonment without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence.

On December 7, 1993, defendant Wayne Johnson walked into the front office of the St. Philip Community Center, which was located in the Desire Housing Project,…