Legal Opinion
State v. Eason
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 25, 2009No. 43,788-KAPublishedCited by 267 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStewart, J.
|, Defendant, Geoffrey Eason, was charged with two counts of armed robbery with a firearm. A jury found Eason guilty as charged on both counts, and the court sentenced the defendant to serve two concurrent terms of fifty years’ imprisonment at hard labor without parole. Eason now appeals, urging five assignments of error. We affirm the defendant’s convictions, but vacate his sentences and remand for re-sentencing due to an error patent.
FACTS
On the evening of January 31, 2006, Dr. Wayne McMahen and his teenage daughter, M.M.1, returned to their home in Springhill, Louisiana, after attending a *688b…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- State v. HearoldSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1992
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1995
- State v. PigfordSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2006
- Hudson v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by267 opinions
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