Legal Question in Criminal Law in Louisiana

I'm trying to get some information to help my finance'. He is currently serving a 15 year jail sentence for 2 counts of armed robbery and 1 attempted armed robbery. He has 2 years of good, clean time that he has served. However I am trying to find out if there is anything I can do or help do to try and get his sentenced reduced. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


Asked on 1/25/10, 12:53 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Andrew Casanave Andrew M. Casanave

The armed robbery statute says that the sentence is to be served "without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence". It is also considered a crime of violence, eliminating most "good time" considerations. By law he must serve at least 85% of that sentence. His only two possibilities for sentence reduction are resentencing by the Judge or if the Governor commutes his sentence. Both are very rare.

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Answered on 1/31/10, 8:01 am


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