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STATE v. PERKINS

No. 2012-KA-0662.

120 So.3d 912 (2013)

STATE of Louisiana v. Joseph PERKINS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

July 31, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon A. Cannizzaro, Jr. , District Attorney, Scott G. Vincent , Assistant District Attorney, New Orleans, LA, for Appellee.

Powell W. Miller , Louisiana Appellate Project, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellant.

(Court composed of Chief Judge JAMES F. McKAY, III, Judge EDWIN A. LOMBARD, Judge JOY COSSICH LOBRANO).

JAMES F. McKAY, III, Chief Judge.

The defendant, Joseph Perkins, appeals from his conviction and sentence for violating La. R.S. 14:95.1, to wit, possession of a firearm or carrying a concealed weapon by a person convicted of certain felonies. For the reasons that follow we find that the trial court erred in denying Joseph Perkin's request for special jury instructions concerning self-defense/justification. Thus, we reverse the defendant's conviction, vacate his sentence...

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