Legal Opinion
State v. Gordon
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 10, 1996No. 96-K-0427PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
672 So.2d 669 (1996)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Stanley GORDON, III.
No. 96-K-0427.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 10, 1996.
2Per curiam
Defendant was convicted of forgery and impersonating a police officer. He was adjudicated to be a fourth felony offender on the forgery charge. The trial judge sentenced defendant to forty months at hard labor on the forgery charge, below the statutory minimum of twenty years mandated for a fourth offender under La.R.S. 15:529.1. The court of appeal affirmed and the state now applies to this court.
Louisiana's judiciary maintains the distinct responsibility of reviewing sentences…
3Cases cited3 opinions
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- Johnson v. WetherspoonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1996
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