STATE v. LYLES

No. KA-3272.

483 So.2d 1174 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana v. Jesse J. LYLES, Jr.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied May 12, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara B. Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Julia S. Coley, Timothy M. Warner, Asst. Dist. Attys., New Orleans, for appellee.

M. Craig Colwart, Orleans Indigent Defenders Program, New Orleans, for appellant.

Before GULOTTA, BYRNES and LOBRANO, JJ.


GULOTTA, Judge.

Defendant appeals his convictions on two counts of attempted first degree murder in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:27 and 14:30 for the shotgun shooting of two women. We affirm the convictions, but vacate the sentences and remand for resentencing.

On April 14, 1984, at his residence with Mrs. Joyce Pratt and her daughter Monica, defendant became angry when the kitchen oven began to smoke. After words with the two women, defendant told them he would...

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