STATE v. HAMDAN

No. 2013-KA-0113.

131 So.3d 197 (2013)

STATE of Louisiana v. Mazen S. HAMDAN.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 11, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

(Court composed of Judge PAUL A. BONIN, Judge DANIEL L. DYSART, Judge SANDRA CABRINA JENKINS).


PAUL A. BONIN, Judge.

A jury found Mazen Hamdan guilty of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, a violation of La. R.S. 14:95.1. He appeals his conviction.1 He argues that the evidence supporting the prosecution's assertion that he possessed a firearm is insufficient to sustain its burden on that essential element of the offense. He also argues that his right to confront and cross-examine one of his accusers, a police officer who...

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