STATE v. RILEY

No. 14-KA-98.

145 So.3d 516 (2014)

STATE of Louisiana v. Donte RILEY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

June 24, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Connick, Jr. , District Attorney, Twenty-Fourth Judicial District, Parish of Jefferson, Terry M. Boudreaux , Thomas J. Butler , Shannon K. Swaim , Assistant District Attorneys, Gretna, Louisiana, for Appellee, The State of Louisiana.

Bruce G. Whittaker , Attorney at Law, Louisiana Appellate Project, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Appellant, Donte Riley.

Panel composed of Judges SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, JUDE G. GRAVOIS, and ROBERT M. MURPHY.


SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, Chief Judge.

Defendant pled guilty to attempted second degree murder and argues on appeal that his guilty plea is constitutionally infirm on account of the trial court's failure to advise him that his guilty plea would result in a sentence of imprisonment at hard labor. For the reasons that follow, we affirm defendant's conviction and sentence.

Facts and Procedural History

Because defendant pled guilty and did not proceed...

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