Legal Opinion
State v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 28, 1996No. 96-KK-1263PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
676 So.2d 552 (1996)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Walter JOHNSON.
No. 96-KK-1263.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
June 28, 1996.
2Per curiam
Defendant was convicted of possession of cocaine. He was adjudicated to be a fourth felony offender. The trial judge sentenced defendant to thirty months at hard labor, below the statutory minimum of twenty years mandated for a fourth offender under La. R.S. 15:529.1. The court of appeal denied the state's application for writs and the state now applies to this court.
Louisiana's judiciary maintains the distinct responsibility of reviewing sentences imposed in criminal cases for…
3Cases cited3 opinions
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- State v. GordonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1996
4Cited by18 opinions
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