STATE v. DIXON

No. 25671-KA.

631 So.2d 94 (1994)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Larry Dean DIXON, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

January 19, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Wm. Bailey, Logansport, Jennifer L. Weimer, Shreveport, for appellant.

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

Before MARVIN, C.J., and SEXTON and BROWN, JJ.


MARVIN, Chief Judge.

Larry Dean Dixon appeals his conviction and 40-year hard labor sentence for attempted second degree murder. He contends that he was denied effective assistance of counsel due to alcohol abuse by his attorney.

This record allows us to review Dixon's claim. Finding his specific assignments meritless, we affirm his conviction and his sentence.

FACTS

At the VFW Hall in Mansfield on July 24, 1990, Dixon attacked Rocky Allen...

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