STATE v. PHILLIPS

No. 13-KA-154.

130 So.3d 416 (2013)

STATE of Louisiana v. Melvin R. PHILLIPS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 5, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Connick, Jr. , District Attorney, Terry M. Boudreaux Anne Wallis , Myles Ranier , Brandon Kinnett , Assistant District Attorneys, Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Parish of Jefferson, for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Frederick J. Kroenke, Jr. , Attorney at Law, Louisiana Appellate Project, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellant.

Melvin R. Phillips , Louisiana State Prison, Angola, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellant, IPP.

Panel composed of Judges ROBERT A. CHAISSON, STEPHEN J. WINDHORST and HANS J. LILJEBERG.


STEPHEN J. WINDHORST, Judge.

Defendant, Melvin R. Phillips, was convicted of one count of armed robbery in violation of La. R.S. 14:64, and one count of attempted armed robbery in violation of La. R.S. 14:27:64. Defendant was sentenced to 50 years at hard labor on count one, and 24 years at hard labor on count two, to be served consecutively, without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. After adjudication of defendant as a second felony offender...

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