STATE v. GUSS

No. 99-KA-1817.

775 So.2d 622 (2000)

STATE of Louisiana v. Keith M. GUSS & Frederick Vereen.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 6, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Holli Herrle-Castillo, Jeffrey W. Davidson, Assistant District Attorneys, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Menette W. Burns, Louisiana Appellate Project, Covington, LA, and Yvonne Chalker, Louisiana Appellate Project, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Defendant/Appellant.

(Court composed of Judge STEVEN R. PLOTKIN, Judge MIRIAM G. WALTZER, Judge JAMES F. McKAY III).


PLOTKIN, Judge.

Keith M. Guss was convicted of two counts of attempted first-degree murder, and initially sentenced to fifty years at hard labor on each count, to run concurrently. Subsequently, the court reduced the sentence to ten years on each count, to run concurrently. Frederick Vereen was convicted of second-degree murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor. Both defendants appeal their convictions. We affirm for the reasons below.

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