Legal Opinion
State v. Pratt
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 30, 2015No. 50,152-KAPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
I iThe defendant, Cortez Pratt, was charged by bill of information with armed robbery, in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:64. Following a jury trial, he was found guilty as charged. Thereafter, he was adjudicated a third-felony offender and was sen-fenced to serve 70 years in prison at hard labor. He was also ordered to pay court costs or serve 30 days in parish jail in lieu of payment. For the following reasons, we affirm the defendant’s conviction. We amend the defendant’s sentence to delete the portion that imposes default jail time in lieu of court costs, and as amended, we affirm.
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- State v. HearoldSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1992
- Hudson v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- State v. BosleyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1997
- State v. HughesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2006
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