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STATE v. PERKINS

No. 89-KA-1119.

568 So.2d 610 (1990)

STATE of Louisiana v. Brian PERKINS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

September 25, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Charmagne Padua, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for State.

Sherry Watters, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant.

Before SCHOTT, C.J., and LOBRANO and PLOTKIN, JJ.

PLOTKIN, Judge.

Brian Perkins was charged with purse snatching in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:65.1. A twelve person jury found him guilty as charged. He was sentenced to serve twenty years at hard labor.

On October 29, 1988, at about 1:30 p.m., Perkins snatched the purse of Melinda Pendleton. She chased him and yelled for help. Two men joined the chase. When Perkins climbed a fence, the purse became entangled in the fence and he abandoned it. Pendleton recovered...

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