STATE v. CLIFTON

No. 08-KA-139.

997 So.2d 642 (2008)

STATE of Louisiana v. Shane CLIFTON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

October 28, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Connick, Jr., District Attorney, Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Parish of Jefferson, Terry M. Boudreaux, Andrea F. Long—Appellate Attorney, Shannon K. Swaim—Trial Attorney, Assistant District Attorneys, Gretna, Louisiana, for the State of Louisiana.

Katherine M. Franks, Attorney at Law, Louisiana Appellate Project, Abita Springs, LA for Appellant, Shane Clifton.

Panel composed of Judges SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, WALTER J. ROTHSCHILD, and FREDERICKA HOMBERG WICKER.


SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, Judge.

On December 11, 2006, the Jefferson Parish District Attorney's office charged defendant, Shane Clifton, with aggravated flight from an officer, in violation of La. R.S. 14:108.1(C). Defendant entered a plea of not guilty on December 12, 2006.

Trial of the matter commenced on March 14, 2007. After hearing the evidence, a twelve-person jury unanimously found defendant guilty as charged. On April 19, 2007, the trial court sentenced him...

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