STATE v. COLEMAN

No. KA 09-106.

20 So.3d 1163 (2009)

STATE of Louisiana v. Kevin COLEMAN.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 7, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred Frem Boustany, II, Attorney at Law, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Kevin Coleman.

Earl B. Taylor, District Attorney, Jennifer Ardoin, Assistant District Attorney, Opelousas, LA for Plaintiff/Appellee, State of Louisiana.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, MARC T. AMY, and SHANNON J. GREMILLION, Judges.


GREMILLION, Judge.

Defendant, Kevin Coleman, was convicted of possession of a firearm by a felon, a violation of La.R.S. 14:95.1. He had previously been convicted of unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling. The State and Defendant stipulated to the predicate offense, but a dispute arose as to whether the stipulation addressed the ten-year "cleansing period" of the statute. In denying Defendant's motion for post-verdict judgment of acquittal, the trial court concluded...

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