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STATE v. LYONS

No. 01-KA-719.

802 So.2d 801 (2001)

STATE of Louisiana v. Chance LYONS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

November 14, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lane Rutherford Trippe, Louisiana Appellate Project, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Defendant-Appellant, Chance Lyons.

Paul D. Connick, District Attorney, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, Terry M. Boudreaux, Thomas J. Butler, Assistant District Attorneys, Gretna, LA, Counsel for the State of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee.

Panel composed of Judges EDWARD A. DUFRESNE, Jr., SUSAN M. CHEHARDY and WALTER J. ROTHSCHILD.

CHEHARDY, Judge.

On June 12, 1998, the Jefferson Parish District Attorney filed a bill of information charging defendant, Chance Lyons, with purse snatching, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:65.1. Defendant was arraigned on June 22, 1998 and pled not guilty. On November 5, 1998, the case was tried, but it ended in a hung jury. On February 23, 1999, the matter proceeded to trial again. On February 24, 1999, a six-member jury found defendant guilty as charged.

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