Legal Opinion

State v. Clayton

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided May 4, 2011No. KA 10-1303PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PICKETT, Judge.

I,The defendant appeals his sentence for armed robbery, asserting that it is excessive. For the following reasons, we affirm the sentence.

FACTS

Jason D. Clayton, the defendant, pled guilty to having committed armed robbery of the Five Star Foods in Bunkie on June 27, 2009. When pleading guilty, the defendant admitted that he and his co-defendant took $11,000 from a cash register in the immediate control of a Five Star Foods cashier and that he had possession of a .380 gun during the robbery. He stated that he understood the plea agreement required him to testify against his…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. State v. CookSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1996
  2. State v. SmithLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2003
  3. Grasser Contracting Co. v. City of New OrleansLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1927
  4. State v. BatisteLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1991
  5. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2000

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. State v. GordonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2012
  2. State v. PeteLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2014
  3. State v. AndersonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2017
  4. State v. ThompsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2012
  5. State v. JonesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2017

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