STATE v. BROWN

No. 82-KA-0382.

428 So.2d 438 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana v. Joseph BROWN, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 23, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., John Craft, Michael Simpson, David Plavnicky, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Luz Molina, Supervising Atty., New Orleans, James Welch, Student Practitioner, for defendant-appellant.


DIXON, Chief Justice.

The defendant, Joseph Brown, Jr., was charged by bill of information with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of R.S. 14:95.1.1 Defendant was convicted by eleven members of a twelve person jury on June 10, 1981 and sentenced to serve five years at hard labor with credit for time served. Defendant now appeals his conviction, arguing two of eleven...

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