STATE v. JAMES

No. 2001 KA 2292.

813 So.2d 659 (2002)

STATE of Louisiana v. Willie M. JAMES.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

March 28, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Doug Moreau, District Attorney, Baton Rouge, By Jim Murray, Assistant District Attorney, Baton Rouge, for Appellee State of Louisiana.

Gwendolyn K. Brown, Louisiana Appellate Project, Baton Rouge, for Defendant/Appellant Willie M. James.

Before: FITZSIMMONS, DOWNING and LANIER, JJ.


DOWNING, Judge.

The defendant, Willie Michael James, was charged by bill of information with felony theft (count I) and forgery (count II) in violation of La. R.S. 14:67 and La. R.S. 14:72. He initially pled not guilty but later withdrew the plea and entered a plea of guilty to count II. The state dismissed the charge as to count I. The defendant was sentenced to four (4) years imprisonment at hard labor. He now appeals, urging the following two (2) assignments of...

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