Legal Opinion

State v. Thomas

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided April 28, 2009No. 08-KA-813PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MARION F. EDWARDS, Judge.

1 üDefendant/appellant, Arthur Thomas (“defendant”), appeals his conviction and sentence on a charge of armed robbery in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:64. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

After entering a plea of not guilty at the arraignment, defendant filed a motion to suppress the identification that was denied by the trial court after a hearing. Marc Bercegeay, one of the two victims, testified at the hearing on that motion. Defendant was subsequently tried by a jury and convicted of the charge of armed robbery. He was sentenced to serve ninety-nine years in…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Canovsky v. GehrsenLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1927
  3. State v. WashingtonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  4. State v. WilliamsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1999
  5. State v. RefugeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. State v. FrancoisLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2014
  2. State v. MasonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2011
  3. State v. NelsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2015
  4. State v. DeclouetLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2010
  5. State v. CambriceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2011

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