Legal Opinion
State v. Mims
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 27, 1993No. 24667-KAPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SEXTON, Judge.
After remand by the Louisiana Supreme Court, this court is presented with the issue of constitutional exeessiveness of Mims’ 35-year sentence. State v. Mims, 619 So.2d 1059 (La.1993).
On January 12, 1985, the defendant attacked a 70-year-old woman and stole her purse when she returned home from grocery shopping. The defendant was arrested two days later on an unrelated charge, and the victim’s credit card was found in the car he was driving. Five days after the incident, during her 18-day hospitalization, the victim gave a statement to the police and picked the defendant’s…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- State v. BonannoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
- State v. MimsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
- State v. CunninghamLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1983
- State Ex Rel. Mims v. ButlerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1992
- State v. MimsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1987
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3Cited by23 opinions
- State v. EtienneLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1999
- State v. PykeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1996
- State v. TheriotLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2005
- State v. WilliamsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2007
- State v. WilliamsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1996
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