STATE v. SHORTS

No. 42,854-KA.

973 So.2d 894 (2007)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Nicholas D. SHORTS, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 19, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark O. Foster, Louisiana Appellate Project, for Appellant.

Jerry L. Jones, District Attorney, John Michael Ruddick, Assistant District Attorney, for Appellee.

Before BROWN, STEWART, and CARAWAY, JJ.


BROWN, Chief Judge.

Defendant, Nicholas D. Shorts, pled guilty to two counts of aggravated battery and was sentenced to concurrent terms of 10 years at hard labor with no diminution of sentence for good behavior. Defendant has appealed his sentences as excessive. Finding no error, however, we affirm.

Facts

The charges against defendant stem from an April 13, 2005, fight at Banana Bob's Cantina in Monroe, Louisiana. The victims, Clifton Straughter...

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