STATE v. SPANO

No. 41,032-KA.

936 So.2d 304 (2006)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee v. John Vincent SPANO, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

August 1, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louisiana Appellate Project, by G. Paul Marx, Lafayette, William B. King, Shreveport, for Appellant.

Paul Joseph Carmouche, District Attorney, Ron Christopher Stamps, Assistant District Attorney, for Appellee.

Before BROWN, PEATROSS and DREW, JJ.


DREW, J.

John Vincent Spano was convicted as charged of second degree battery for striking his attorney in court and rendering him unconscious. Adjudicated as a fourth felony habitual offender, Spano was sentenced to life imprisonment without benefits. The defendant appealed his conviction, adjudication, and sentence. We affirm his conviction but vacate his adjudication and sentence as a fourth felony habitual offender. This matter is remanded for further proceedings...

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