STATE v. PATTERSON

No. 84-KA-625.

473 So.2d 363 (1985)

STATE of Louisiana v. Elijah "Mickey" PATTERSON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

July 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Mamoulides, James Maxwell, Dorothy A. Pendergast, Gretna, for plaintiff-appellee.

John H. Craft, Gretna, for defendant-appellant.

Before KLIEBERT, CURRAULT and GAUDIN, JJ.


GAUDIN, Judge.

Elijah "Mickey" Patterson was convicted by a six-person jury of aggravated battery in the 24th Judicial District Court and sentenced to the maximum prison term allowable, ten years at hard labor.

After being granted an out-of-time appeal, Patterson contends (1) that the trial judge erred in not reading his (Patterson's) charge as to justification, (2) that the evidence does not support the conviction and (3) that the sentence was constitutionally...

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