Legal Opinion

State v. Banks

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided June 1, 2016No. 16-34PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GENOVESE, Judge.

Lin this criminal case, Defendant, Don-trez T. Banks, pled guilty to the reduced charge of manslaughter and to conspiracy to commit simple robbery, pursuant to a plea agreement, with a dismissal of an armed robbery charge. Defendant was sentenced to twenty-five years at hard labor on the conviction for manslaughter and three years at hard labor on the conviction for conspiracy to commit simple robbery, with the sentences to be served consecutively.

Defendant appeals, alleging that his twenty-five year manslaughter sentence is excessive. For the following reasons, we affirm…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Miller v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  2. Roper v. SimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  3. Graham v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  4. State v. CookSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1996
  5. State v. CampbellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981

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3Cited by5 opinions

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