STATE v. WILSON

No. 45,060-KA.

32 So.3d 1152 (2010)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. James Dennis WILSON, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

March 10, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank E. Brown, Jr., Shreveport, Jacqueline Scott, Bossier City, for Appellant.

J. Schuyler Marvin, District Attorney, John M. Lawrence, Dale N. Montgomery, II, Assistant District Attorneys, for Appellee.

Before BROWN, CARAWAY, and MOORE, JJ.


BROWN, Chief Judge.

Defendant, James Dennis Wilson, was convicted of purse snatching, a violation of La. R.S. 14:65.1. He was sentenced to 20 years at hard labor, without the possibility of diminution of his sentence. For the following reasons, defendant's conviction and sentence are affirmed.

Facts

On December 13, 2001, Mary Thompson was at the north end of the Wal-Mart parking lot in Bossier City, Louisiana, when a man grabbed her purse...

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