STATE v. KNIGHTON

No. 16,126-KA.

449 So.2d 1171 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. George KNIGHTON, Jr., Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

April 30, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. Henderson, Grambling, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, Tommy Adkins, Dist. Atty., Ruston, Joseph A. Cusimano, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Farmerville, for appellee.

Before PRICE, SEXTON and NORRIS, JJ.


NORRIS, Judge.

Defendant, George Knighton, Jr., appeals a jury conviction of attempted second degree murder in violation of La.R.S. 14:27 and 30.1 and the resulting sentence of twenty years imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence [See La.C.Cr.P. Art. 893.1], assigning three errors:

(1) The court erred in sentencing defendant to 20 years at hard labor because said...

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