State v. Jackson

KEATY, Judge.

| defendant, Tony Jackson, was convicted by a jury of armed robbery of the Olive Garden restaurant located in Lafayette, Louisiana, in violation of La.R.S. 14:64. After a sentencing hearing, Defendant was sentenced to fifty years at hard labor with fifteen years of the sentence to be served without the benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. Defendant appeals his conviction and sentence alleging that: (1) the jury erred in finding him guilty of committing the armed robbery of the restaurant beyond a reasonable doubt and (2) the trial court imposed an excessive…