STATE v. HOLMES

No. 98-KA-490.

735 So.2d 687 (1999)

STATE of Louisiana v. John HOLMES.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

March 10, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Connick, Jr., District Attorney, Thomas J. Butler, Terry M. Boudreaux, Assistant District Attorneys, Gretna, Louisiana, Counsel for plaintiff-appellee.

Gwendolyn Kay Brown, Louisiana Appellate Project, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Counsel for defendant-appellant.

Court Composed of Judges H. CHARLES GAUDIN, MARION F. EDWARDS and SUSAN M. CHEHARDY.


GAUDIN, Judge.

John Holmes was convicted by a jury of three counts of assault by drive-by shooting (LSA-R.S.14:37.1) and one count of unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling (LSA-R.S.14:62.3). For each of the three R.S. 14:37.1 convictions, Holmes was sentenced to five years at hard labor, to be served concurrently, and three years at hard labor for unauthorized entry, to be served after the other sentences. We affirm.

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