STATE v. BUTLER

No. 2004-KA-0880.

894 So.2d 415 (2005)

STATE of Louisiana v. Charles BUTLER.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

January 12, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eddie J. Jordan, Jr., District Attorney, Kevin G. Boitmann, Assistant District Attorney, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Sherry Watters, Louisiana Appellate Project, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellant.

(Court composed of Judge CHARLES R. JONES, Judge JAMES F. McKAY III, and Judge ROLAND L. BELSOME).


CHARLES R. JONES, Judge.

Charles Butler appeals his conviction for the attempted manslaughter of Thelma Batiste, and his sentence as a fourth offender to imprisonment for the rest of his natural life. We affirm.

Butler was charged by bill of information with attempted second-degree murder. He was tried by a twelve-person jury and found guilty of attempted manslaughter. He was sentenced to twenty years at hard labor. The district court adjudicated Butler a...

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