STATE v. BARNES

No. KA-4211.

495 So.2d 310 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana v. Oliver BARNES.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

September 12, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., A. Hammond Scott, Pamela S. Moran, Asst. Dist. Attys., New Orleans, for plaintiff.

Dwight Doskey, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant.

Before BARRY, CIACCIO and HUFFT, JJ.


BARRY, Judge.

The defendant was convicted of aggravated arson, La.R.S. 14:51, and sentenced to seven years at hard labor, the first two years without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence, plus $24.00 court costs or an additional thirty days.

On April 20, 1983 the New Orleans Fire Department extinguished a fire in a wood shed at 1419 Nunez St. and arson was the cause. The house was occupied by Warren Thomas, his girlfriend, Sharon Coler, and...

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