State v. Williams

| RASKINS, J.

The defendant, Johnny D. Williams, appeals as excessive his sentence to 30 years at hard labor, without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence, following his guilty plea to armed robbery. For the following reasons, the conviction and sentence are affirmed.

FACTS

In the early morning hours of November 4, 1999, John William Gaines was found dead, inside the liquor store where he worked, from a single gunshot wound to the head. Earlier, the victim’s mother phoned him to say that she would pick him up at 11:00 p.m. When she arrived, he failed to come to the door of the…