STATE v. ECHEVERRIA

No. 2002 KA 2592.

858 So.2d 632 (2003)

STATE of Louisiana v. James L. ECHEVERRIA.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

June 27, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter P. Reed, District Attorney, Covington, Dorothy A. Pendergast, Special Appeals Counsel, Metairie, for Appellee State of Louisiana.

Frank Sloan, Louisiana Appellate Project, Mandeville, for Defendant-Appellant James L. Echeverria.

Before: PARRO, MCDONALD, and CLAIBORNE, JJ.


PARRO, J.

The defendant, James L. Echeverria, was charged by amended bill of information with one count of cruelty to the infirmed, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:93.3, and pled not guilty. His jury trial resulted in a mistrial. Thereafter, he waived his right to a jury trial and, following a bench trial, was found guilty as charged. Subsequently, the state filed a habitual offender bill of information against the defendant, alleging he was a fourth felony habitual offender...

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