Legal Opinion

State v. Thomas

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided May 22, 2019No. 52,617-KAPublished

1Opinion of the CourtPitman, J.

After a jury trial, Defendant Taurean Lamar Thomas was found guilty of second degree battery and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He was sentenced as a fourth-felony offender to life imprisonment without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence on the battery conviction, and to 20 years, also without benefits, on the conviction for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. For the following reasons, Defendant's convictions and sentences are affirmed.

FACTS

On June 29, 2017, Defendant was charged by amended bill of information with the second degree battery of…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1995
  3. State v. PigfordSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2006
  4. State v. TateSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2003
  5. Robertson v. Casual Corner Group, IncSupreme Court of the United States · 2004

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