Legal Opinion
State v. Davis
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 30, 2015No. 15-KA-118PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT A. CHAISSON, Judge.
I ?,The sole issue presented in this appeal is whether defendant’s sentences of life imprisonment without benefit of parole for his four second degree murder convictions are excessive in light of the fact that he was a juvenile at the time the offenses were committed. For the reasons that follow, we find that defendant’s sentences are not excessive and that the trial court did not err in denying defendant parole eligibility on the sentences imposed for his second degree murder convictions.
PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On November 18, 2011, a twelve-person jury found defendant,…
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