State v. Howard

CRAIN, Judge.

Defendant, Brian Keith Howard, was charged by bill of information with armed robbery, in violation of La.R.S. 14:64. He pled not guilty and, after a jury trial, was found guilty as charged. Defendant was sentenced to fifty years at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence, with credit for time served. This appeal follows.

FACTS:

On January 8, 1992, defendant took money at gunpoint from Susan Billiot, an employee at the Shop Rite in Houma. The following facts were revealed at trial. Susan Billiot testified that she was working the night shift at the…