STATE v. HOLMES

No. CR92-1337.

620 So.2d 436 (1993)

STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John F. HOLMES, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 9, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas L. Hebert, Jr., Kinder, for the State.

Russell T. Tritico, Lake Charles, for John F. Holmes.

Before DOMENGEAUX, C.J., and YELVERTON and THIBODEAUX, JJ.


YELVERTON, Judge.

John F. Holmes, the defendant, was tried on a charge of attempted second-degree murder of David Wolfe. He was convicted as charged by a unanimous jury of 12, and sentenced to 50 years at hard labor. We reverse.

Sufficiency of the evidence is one of the main assignments of error on Wolfe's appeal. Holmes' argument stresses the imprecise and disputed testimony of the witnesses, most of whom were participants in a feud shooting that left David...

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