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STATE v. SHIELDS

No. 83 KA 0677.

444 So.2d 287 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana v. John SHIELDS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied March 9, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ossie Brown, Dist. Atty. by Glen R. Petersen, Joseph N. Lotwick, Asst. Dist. Attys., Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee.

Michele Fournet, Asst. Public Defender, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Before SHORTESS, LANIER and CRAIN, JJ.

LANIER, Judge.

The defendant, John W. Shields, was charged with attempted second degree murder in violation of La.R.S. 14:27 and 30.1. Shields pled not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. After a trial by jury, he was found guilty as charged. Shields was sentenced to serve thirty-five years at hard labor in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Corrections.

FACTS

The victim in this case testified that on December 10, 1980, between 3...

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