STATE v. JACKSON

No. 33,991-KA.

772 So.2d 297 (2000)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. James A. JACKSON, Jr., Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

November 1, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louisiana Appellate Project by Carey J. Ellis, III, Counsel for Appellee.

Richard Ieyoub, Attorney General, Jerry L. Jones, District Attorney, Allen Harvey, Assistant District Attorney, Counsel for Appellant.

Before BROWN, PEATROSS and DREW, JJ.


DREW, J.

A petit jury found defendant James Jackson, charged with the attempted second degree murder of Cameron Brown, guilty of the lesser and included offense of aggravated battery. The district court imposed the maximum sentence of 10 years at hard labor and denied defendant's motion for reconsideration of sentence. In this out-of-time appeal, we find no merit to defendant's sole assignment of error that his sentence is excessive. We affirm.

In August 1998...

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