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STATE v. RANKIN

No. 32,144-KA.

741 So.2d 176 (1999)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Vernell RANKIN, Jr., Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

June 16, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louisiana Appellate Project by Amy C. Ellender, W. Charles Brown, Counsel for Appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Attorney General, Don Burkett, District Attorney, H. Melissa Sugar, Assistant District Attorney, Counsel for Appellee.

Before GASKINS, CARAWAY and DREW, JJ.

DREW, J.

Vernell Rankin, Jr. seeks review of his conviction and three-year sentence for second degree battery. La. R.S. 14:34.1. Rankin pleaded guilty pursuant to a plea bargain in which the state agreed to dismiss a charge of simple arson, to reduce the initial charge of aggravated battery to second degree battery and to imposition of a sentence which would not exceed three years.

Rankin's court-appointed appellate attorney filed a brief in this court stating...

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