Legal Opinion

State v. Spikes

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided November 8, 1996No. 96 KA 0334PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

JaSHORTESS, Judge.

Willie E. Spikes (defendant) was charged by bill of information with three counts of distribution of cocaine, La. R.S. 40:967. After trial by jury, he was convicted on all counts. The court sentenced him to 150 months imprisonment at hard labor on the first count. On the second and third counts, the court sentenced defendant to sixty months imprisonment at hard labor on each count, to be served concurrently with each other but consecutively to the sentence on the first count. Defendant was given credit for time served.

Defendant was granted an out-of-time appeal. He did not,…

2Cases cited11 opinions

Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
State v. HearoldSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1992
Lockhart v. NelsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
Yates v. EvattSupreme Court of the United States · 1991

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