STATE v. LYONS

No. KA-6631.

514 So.2d 558 (1987)

STATE of Louisiana v. Elijah LYONS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

October 7, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., William B. Faust, III, and Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Attys. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Joseph H. McCusker, III, and Rockne L. Moseley, Asst. Dist. Attys., New Orleans, for appellee.

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

Before GULOTTA, C.J., and GARRISON and WARD, JJ.


GULOTTA, Chief Judge.

Elijah Lyons appeals from his conviction and sentence for illegally discharging a firearm, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:94. We affirm.

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