STATE v. JONES

No. KA 1604.

450 So.2d 692 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana v. Isaac JONES, Jr.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Granted in part September 14, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Joanne C. Marier, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Dwight Doskey, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Before SCHOTT, BYRNES and WARD, JJ.


BYRNES, Judge.

The defendant, Isaac Jones, Jr., was charged by bill of information with attempted possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, a violation of LA-R.S. 14:95.1. On July 7, 1983 Jones stood trial and was convicted by a twelve person jury, after which he was sentenced to four years at hard labor. This appeal followed.

FACTS

On January 26, 1983 Officers Hebert and Harrington of the New Orleans Police Department were on routine patrol...

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