Legal Opinion
State v. Pettus
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 24, 2011No. 10-KA-742PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, Judge.
^Defendant, Nathan Pettus, appeals his conviction and sentence. For the following reasons, we vacate the sentence and remand the matter as follows.
On September 17, 2008, Nathan Pettus was charged by bill of information with simple robbery, in violation of La. R.S. 14:65. On December 2 and 3, 2009, a six-person jury tried the matter and found defendant guilty as charged.
On December 15, 2009, defendant made oral motions for new trial and post verdict judgment of acquittal. Both of the motions were argued and the trial judge denied defendant’s motion for new trial that…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- State v. PearsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2007
- State v. RandolphSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
- Bertoniere v. Jefferson Parish Hospital Service District No. 2Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2007
- State v. LewisLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2005
- State v. WilsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1996
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3Cited by7 opinions
- State v. MunsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2011
- State v. WilliamsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2011
- State v. FreemanLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2015
- State v. BarnesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2011
- State v. PettusLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2012
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