STATE v. CARTAGENA

No. 11-KA-774.

90 So.3d 1170 (2012)

STATE of Louisiana v. Carlos CARTAGENA.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

March 13, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Connick , District Attorney, Terry M. Boudreaux , Andrea F. Long , Megan L. Gorman , Assistant District Attorneys, Gretna, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Richard J. Richthofen, Jr. , Attorney at Law, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellant.

Panel composed of Judges MARION F. EDWARDS, MARC E. JOHNSON, and ROBERT A. CHAISSON.


MARC E. JOHNSON, Judge.

Defendant, Carlos Cartagena, was charged with resisting a police officer with force or violence in violation of La. R.S. 14:108.2 (Count 1) and aggravated battery in violation of La. R.S. 14:34 (Count 2). He proceeded to trial on February 1, 2011, and a six-person jury found him guilty as charged on both counts. The trial court subsequently sentenced defendant to two years at hard labor on Count 1 and seven years at hard labor on Count 2, with...

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