STATE v. LOCKE

No. 89-KA-1047.

560 So.2d 603 (1990)

STATE of Louisiana, v. Wendyl L. LOCKE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

April 12, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Pivach, II and Timon V. Webre, Pivach, Cossich & Pivach, Belle Chasse, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Atty. Gen., New Orleans, and Darryl W. Bubrig, Sr., Dist. Atty., Pointe-a-la-Hache, and Gilbert V. Andry, III, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for appellee.

Before SCHOTT, CIACCIO and PLOTKIN, JJ.


CIACCIO, Judge.

Although defendant seeks review of his conviction and sentence through appeal, we do not have appellate jurisdiction over this case. Art. 5, section 10 of the 1974 Louisiana Constitution limits the criminal appellate jurisdiction of this court to cases triable by a jury. LSA-C.Cr.P. art. 779 provided 1 that a trial for a defendant charged with a misdemeanor, other than those where the maximum sentence exceeds six months...

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