STATE v. CHEATHON

No. 28741-KA.

682 So.2d 823 (1996)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. George Edward CHEATHON, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

October 30, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George L. Higgins, III, Pineville, for Appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Attorney General, Kathleen E. Petersen and Frederick A. Duhy, Jr., Assistant Attorney Generals, for Appellee.

Before MARVIN and HIGHTOWER, JJ., and PRICE, J. Pro Tem.


HIGHTOWER, Judge.

A unanimous jury found defendant, George Cheathon, guilty of one count of attempted public bribery, La. R.S. 14:118 and 14:27, and one count of malfeasance in office, La. R.S. 14:134. The latter conviction resulted in a sentence of three years at hard labor, probated for five years with special conditions demanding thirty days in jail and payment of a $1,000 fine, while the other conviction culminated in a concurrent eighteen-month term of hard labor...

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