{"content":[{"text":"BODDIE, J. (Pro Tempore)","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.105597,"width":0.263768,"height":0.019291000000000003}},{"text":"In the present case, after having been convicted following a jury trial","bbox":{"left":0.235327,"top":0.137377,"width":0.630069,"height":0.018580999999999986}},{"text":"for armed robbery of a convenience store on September 21, 1999, the","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.169401,"width":0.6347200000000001,"height":0.018580999999999986}},{"text":"defendant, Timothy Gay, was adjudicated a third felony habitual offender.","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.201305,"width":0.68018,"height":0.018581000000000014}},{"text":"The trial judge subsequently imposed a sentence of life imprisonment at hard","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.23321,"width":0.705188,"height":0.018580999999999986}},{"text":"labor without the benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. On","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.265234,"width":0.7035629999999999,"height":0.018581000000000014}},{"text":"September 17, 2020, pursuant to State ex rel. Esteen v. State, 16-0949 (La.","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.297169,"width":0.6826720000000001,"height":0.018581000000000014}},{"text":"1/30/18), 239 So. 3d 233, Gay was resentenced under the Habitual Offender","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.329073,"width":0.696195,"height":0.018581000000000014}},{"text":"Law to the mandatory statutory minimum of 66 years at hard labor, without","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.360978,"width":0.691585,"height":0.018581000000000014}},{"text":"the benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.393002,"width":0.5352650000000001,"height":0.018581000000000014}},{"text":"Gay filed this","bbox":{"left":0.72317,"top":0.393002,"width":0.12445600000000001,"height":0.018581000000000014}},{"text":"appeal alleging that the sentence is constitutionally excessive.","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.424907,"width":0.5655380000000001,"height":0.018581000000000014}},{"text":"For the","bbox":{"left":0.753419,"top":0.424907,"width":0.06558900000000001,"height":0.018581000000000014}},{"text":"following reasons, we affirm the sentence.","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.456811,"width":0.388027,"height":0.018581000000000014}},{"text":"FACTS","bbox":{"left":0.491846,"top":0.48898,"width":0.07492600000000005,"height":0.019291000000000003}},{"text":"On September 21, 1999, while masked and armed with a pistol, Gay","bbox":{"left":0.235327,"top":0.52076,"width":0.624825,"height":0.01858099999999996}},{"text":"and an accomplice entered a convenience store on Line Avenue in","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.552665,"width":0.6061110000000001,"height":0.01858099999999996}},{"text":"Shreveport, Louisiana, and stole $120 in cash and a carton of cigarettes.","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.584688,"width":0.6586170000000001,"height":0.01858099999999996}},{"text":"Upon his arrest, Gay admitted to officers that they stole the getaway vehicle","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.616593,"width":0.6952090000000001,"height":0.01858099999999996}},{"text":"in Waskom, Texas, and had used it for an armed robbery committed in the","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.648498,"width":0.680045,"height":0.01858099999999996}},{"text":"Waskom area. Gay also admitted that he committed another armed robbery","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.680551,"width":0.693489,"height":0.01858099999999996}},{"text":"of a convenience store in Shreveport.","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.712456,"width":0.3406450000000001,"height":0.01858099999999996}},{"text":"After the jury found Gay guilty as charged, the state filed a habitual","bbox":{"left":0.235327,"top":0.744361,"width":0.6192740000000001,"height":0.01858099999999996}},{"text":"offender bill of information based on his two 1993 convictions for felony","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.776385,"width":0.6698590000000001,"height":0.01858099999999996}},{"text":"theft of cassette tapes and simple burglary of a truck.","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.80829,"width":0.483853,"height":0.01858099999999996}},{"text":"Gay, age 24, was","bbox":{"left":0.671734,"top":0.80829,"width":0.15671099999999993,"height":0.01858099999999996}},{"text":"adjudicated a third-felony habitual offender under La. R.S. 15:529.1","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.840194,"width":0.624024,"height":0.01858099999999996}},{"text":"(A)(1)(b)(ii).","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.872119,"width":0.11894999999999997,"height":0.01858099999999996}},{"text":"At that time, the habitual offender statute mandated a sentence","bbox":{"left":0.306832,"top":0.872119,"width":0.571006,"height":0.01858099999999996}},{"text":"of life imprisonment without benefits for crimes classified under","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.904143,"width":0.5902540000000001,"height":0.01858099999999996}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}