Legal Opinion
State v. Finley
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 6, 1995No. CR95-553PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
I í SAUNDERS, Judge.
Defendant appeals the conviction of first degree robbery, a violation of La.R.S. 14:64.1. Defendant was classified as a habitual offender, a violation La.R.S. 15.529.1 and sentenced to fifty (50) years at hard labor, without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence. We affirm.
FACTS
On June 6, 1986, the defendant, Dolph Finley, entered the Rapides Bank in Alexandria, Louisiana, and told the teller, Susie Mae Washington, that “this is an armed robbery, give me all of your money and you better not push any alarm.” The defendant handed Ms. Washington a brown paper…
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