Legal Opinion

State v. Phillips

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided December 12, 2013No. 13-KA-154Published

1Opinion of the Court

STEPHEN J. WINDHORST, Judge.

| «Defendant, Melvin R. Phillips, was convicted of one count of armed robbery in violation of La. R.S. 14:64, and one count of attempted armed robbery in violation of La. R.S. 14:27:64. Defendant was sentenced to 50 years at hard labor on count one, and 24 years at hard labor on count two, to be served consecutively, without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. After adjudication of defendant as a second felony offender, the trial court vacated defendant’s sentences and resentenced him to 75 years at hard labor on count one and 50 years at hard…

2Cases cited43 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. United States v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. State v. OliveauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975

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