Legal Opinion

State v. Cormier

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided May 6, 2015No. 14-1177Published

1Opinion of the Court

AMY, Judge.

| ,The State charged the defendant with simple burglary, alleging that he stole merchandise through the window of a convenience store. The defendant entered a guilty plea to the charge pursuant to a plea agreement. In turn, the State did not seek enhancement of the sentence due to habitual offender status. The trial court imposed a sentence of nine years at hard labor, with credit for time served, and ordered that three years of the sentence be served concurrently with a sentence from a previous simple burglary conviction for which the defendant was on parole at the time of the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  3. State v. CookSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1996
  4. State v. CampbellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  5. Ferry v. Holmes & Barnes, Ltd.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1929

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