Legal Opinion

State v. Bernard

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided February 1, 1995No. CR94-928PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

liLABORDE, Judge.

Defendant was sentenced to five years at hard labor for attempted second degree murder, which sentence was suspended and subject to certain conditions. The state appeals, alleging that the sentence was too lenient. We affirm, finding that the state had no right to appeal this sentence.

FACTS

Defendant, Gerald Bernard, was charged on August 12, 1993, with attempted second degree murder, a violation of La.R.S. 14:27 and 30.1. Defendant entered a plea of guilty to attempted second degree murder on December 13, 1993. On April 11, 1994, defendant was sentenced to five years at hard…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State v. WimberlySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  2. State v. JonesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1992

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State v. KingLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1995
  2. State v. MillerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1995
  3. State Of Louisiana v. Dale Dwayne CraigLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2024

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