Legal Opinion

State v. Lewis

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 17, 1982No. 81-KA-1449PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

414 So.2d 703 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Jerry Wayne LEWIS.

No. 81-KA-1449.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 17, 1982.

Rehearing Denied June 18, 1982.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paul Carmouche, Dist. Atty., Sonia D. Peters, Robert Gillespie, Jr., Dale G. Cox, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Nesib Nader, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.

LEMMON, Justice.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether defendant's sentence of 25 years at hard labor for attempted aggravated rape is excessive.

Defendant broke into the victim's residence at approximately…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  2. State v. ForsheeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. HammondsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1983
  2. State v. DavenportSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
  3. State v. ShepherdLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1984
  4. State v. SchexnayderLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1985
  5. State v. ElzyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1984

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