Legal Opinion
State v. Callahan
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 29, 1996No. 95-K-1331PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
671 So.2d 903 (1996)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
William Matthew CALLAHAN.
No. 95-K-1331.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
March 29, 1996.
2Per curiam
The application is granted in part.
Relator was convicted of attempted possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and was sentenced to two and one-half years imprisonment, which the trial court noted was the statutory minimum sentence for that crime.
The sentencing range for a conviction of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute is five to thirty years. When the conviction is for attempt, La.Rev.Stat. 14:27D(3) provides:
D. Whoever attempts to commit any…
3Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. BroussardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
- State v. JayeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
4Cited by25 opinions
- State v. CallahanLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1997
- State v. JonesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1998
- State v. EverettLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2005
- State v. ThomasLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1996
- State v. InsleyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2005
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