STATE v. SIMMONS

No. KA-2637.

466 So.2d 777 (1985)

STATE of Louisiana v. Allen R. SIMMONS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

March 12, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Kathy Lee Torregano, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee, State of Louisiana.

George L. Moore, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant, Allen R. Simmons.

Before BARRY, WARD and WILLIAMS, JJ.


WARD, Judge.

The State of Louisiana charged Allen Simmons with committing attempted second degree murder. After hearing the evidence, the jury returned a verdict of guilty as charged. The Trial Judge ordered a pre-sentence investigation, and after reviewing the pre-sentence report, sentenced Simmons to serve forty years at hard labor.

In this appeal, Simmons first argues that his conviction is not supported by the evidence because a specific intent to kill...

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