STATE v. SIMTON

No. 36,948-KA.

847 So.2d 63 (2003)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Kelvin A. SIMTON Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

May 14, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Glassell, Shreveport, for Appellant.

Paul Joseph Carmouche, District Attorney, J. Thomas Butler, Donna Frazier Hall, Assistant District Attorneys, for Appellee.

Before GASKINS, CARAWAY and DREW, JJ.


DREW, J.

Convicted at a bench trial of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, Kelvin A. Simton was sentenced to the minimum prison term of ten years at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.1 He now appeals. We affirm.

FACTS

It is undisputed that on Christmas night of 2001, Kelvin A. Simton was operating a black Hyundai, in the company of the following passengers:

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