Legal Opinion
State v. Little
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided August 10, 2016No. 50,776-KAPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGarrett, J.
| iThe defendant, Adrian Tyrone Little, pled , guilty to second degree murder and was sentenced to the mandatory term of life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. On appeal, he contends that the trial court imposed an excessive sentence because it failed to adequately consider his mental retardation. We affirm the defendant’s conviction and sentence.
FACTS
On November 9, 2013, James Allen Ro-sypal, a 21-year-old convenience store clerk, was shot and killed during an armed robbery of the Exxon Food Fast store on Airline Drive in Bossier…
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