STATE v. PATTERSON

No. 50,305-KA.

184 So.3d 739 (2015)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee v. Melvin Randall PATTERSON, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

November 18, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louisiana Appellate Project by Edward K. Bauman , Lake Charles, LA, for Appellant.

Dale G. Cox, Jr. , District Attorney, Geya D. Prudhomme , Kelvin M. Rodgers , Jessica D. Cassidy , Assistant District Attorneys, for Appellee.

Before BROWN, WILLIAMS & PITMAN, JJ.


Defendant Melvin Randall Patterson was charged with the attempted first degree murders of Bessie Jordan and her brother, Louis Grant, Jr. After a bench trial, he was found guilty of the responsive verdict of attempted second degree murder on each count and sentenced to serve 30 years at hard labor on each count, to run concurrently, without...

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