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

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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