STATE v. SERIGNY

No. KW 91 1721.

610 So.2d 857 (1992)

STATE of Louisiana v. Francis J. SERIGNY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 11, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Thad Toups, Asst. Dist. Atty., Thibodaux, for plaintiff State of La.

John T. Bourgeois, Chief Indigent Defender, Thibodaux, for defendant Francis J. Serigny.

Before LOTTINGER, C.J., and FOIL, J., and COVINGTON, J. Pro Tem.


FOIL, Judge.

This appeal challenges the action of the trial court in granting defendant's application for post-conviction relief on the basis that he was denied effective assistance of counsel in violation of the Sixth Amendment. We reverse.

The defendant, Francis Serigny, was charged by bill of information with attempted second degree murder, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:27 and 30.1. He pled not guilty and, after trial by jury, was convicted as charged. He...

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