Billiot Receives 88 Years for Various Charges

On April 24, 2013, John Wesley Billiot was sentenced to 88 years in the Department of Corrections.

 

On January 28, 2013, Billiot entered a No Contest plea to two counts of armed robbery, two counts of armed robbery with a firearm, three counts of aggravated battery and one count of obscenity. Judge Michael Canaday sentenced Billiot to 70 years on each count of armed robbery to run concurrent with each other; five years on each count of armed robbery with a firearm to run concurrent with each other, but consecutive to the armed robbery; five years on two counts of aggravated battery to run concurrent; ten years on an additional count of aggravated battery to run consecutive; and three years on the one count of obscenity to run consecutive. 


Assitant District Attorney Tara Hawkins prosecutd the case, and Assistant District Attorney Hope Wyatt handled the sentencing.