Legal Opinion
State v. Robertson
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided August 16, 2017No. 51,521–KAPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
The defendant, Roy Leon Robertson, was charged by grand jury indictment with aggravated rape of a person under the age of 12, in violation of La. R.S. 14:42. Following a jury trial, Robertson was found guilty as charged, and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. For the following reasons, we affirm Robertson's conviction. We vacate Robertson's life sentence and sentence him to 20 years without restriction on parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On November 17, 2015, a grand jury…
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