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STATE v. JORDAN

No. 24442-KA.

619 So.2d 648 (1993)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Michael Dean JORDAN, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

January 20, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven R. Thomas, W. Charles Brown, Public Defenders Office, for appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., Don M. Burkett, Dist. Atty., Charles B. Adams, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

Before MARVIN, SEXTON and HIGHTOWER, JJ.

MARVIN, Chief Judge.

After being indicted for the first degree murder of Charles Downs, the assistant chief of police of Logansport, the defendant, Michael Dean Jordan, was allowed to enter an Alford plea to the attempt of that crime and was sentenced to 30 years at hard labor, notwithstanding Jordan's protest of his innocence. North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 91 S.Ct. 160, 27 L.Ed.2d 162 (1970).

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