STATE v. ZENO

No. 16920-KA.

469 So.2d 337 (1985)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Willie Lee ZENO, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

May 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanders & Sanders by Martin S. Sanders, III, Winnfield, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, Charles B. Bice, Dist. Atty., Kermit M. Simmons, Asst. Dist. Atty., Winnfield, for appellee.

Before MARVIN, JASPER E. JONES and SEXTON, JJ.


MARVIN, Judge.

Zeno appeals his conviction by a jury of aggravated battery for shooting a friend with a shotgun at close range. His primary contention—that the jury was clearly wrong in not finding he was acting in self defense—questions the sufficiency of the evidence to convict. LRS 14:19, 21, 34. We affirm.

Zeno's other assignment arose when he was denied a continuance on the day of the trial. Zeno sought a continuance when the State gave...

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