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STATE v. KING

No. 01-0506.

799 So.2d 1241 (2001)

STATE of Louisiana v. Marquette Paul KING.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

November 7, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl B. Taylor, District Attorney, Alisa Aardoin Gothreaux, Asst. D.A., Opelousas, LA, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee State of Louisiana.

Paula Corley Marx, Louisiana Appellate Project, Lafayette, LA, Counsel for Defendant/Appellant Marquette Paul King.

Court composed of NED E. DOUCET, Jr., Chief Judge, and HENRY L. YELVERTON and GLENN B. GREMILLION, Judges.

GREMILLION, Judge.

The defendant, Marquette Paul King, was convicted by a jury of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, a violation of La.R.S. 14:95.1. He was subsequently sentenced to serve ten years at hard labor without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence, and to pay a fine of $1,000, which was subsequently suspended. Defendant now seeks review of his conviction claiming that he did not voluntarily absent himself from trial, he was justified...

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