STATE v. SAM

No. 11-KA-470.

88 So.3d 587 (2012)

STATE of Louisiana v. Ernest SAM.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

February 14, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Connick, Jr. , District Attorney, Terry M. Boudreaux , Thomas J. Butler , Kenneth P. Bordelon , Matthew R. Clauss , Assistant District Attorneys, Gretna, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Prentice L. White , Attorney at Law, Louisiana Appellate Project, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant/Appellant.

Panel composed of Judges MARION F. EDWARDS, CLARENCE E. McMANUS, and ROBERT A. CHAISSON.


MARION F. EDWARDS, Chief Judge.

This is Ernest Sam's ("Sam") (defendant/appellant) second appeal. The underlying appeal on his conviction is currently pending in this Court before the same panel, in companion case number 11-KA-469. This appeal pertains only to Sam's multiple bill proceedings.

On October 26, 2010, Sam was convicted of armed robbery with a firearm. Thereafter, he was sentenced to forty years of imprisonment, plus an additional five-year term...

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