Legal Opinion

State v. Williams

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided January 26, 1999No. 98-KA-819PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

_]jGOTHARD, Judge.

Defendant, Wilbert Williams, brings this pro se appeal after his plea of guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:27:95.1, and sentence to two years at hard labor without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.

Initially, we note that defendant’s motion for appeal was untimely filed. Defendant was sentenced on April 22, 1998. There is neither an oral motion for appeal nor a motion to reconsider sentence in the record. Defendant filed a “Motion for Notice of Appeal” on May 11,1998, which was granted by the trial court…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. CountermanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1985
  2. State v. OckmandLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1995
  3. State v. OrgeronLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1998

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Egana v. StateSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2000
  2. State v. BowenLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2000
  3. State v. EganaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2000

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