State of Louisiana v. Jim Howard, Jr.

Opinion

STATE OF LOUISIANA

COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT

04-500 consolidated with 04-499

STATE OF LOUISIANA

VERSUS

JIM HOWARD, JR.

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APPEAL FROM THE

TWENTY-EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF LASALLE, NUMBER 72,319 HONORABLE JOHN PHILIP MAUFFRAY, JR., DISTRICT JUDGE

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BILLIE COLOMBARO WOODARD

JUDGE

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Court composed of Chief Judge Ulysses G. Thibodeaux, Billie Colombaro Woodard, and Oswald A. Decuir, Judges.

CONVICTION AND SENTENCE AFFIRMED.

Walter E. Dorroh, Jr., Assistant District Attorney David W. Burton, District Attorney 28 th Judicial District Post Office Box 1940 Jena, Louisiana 71342 COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLEE:

State of Louisiana

Christopher A. Aberle Louisiana Appellate Project Post Office Box 8583 Mandeville, Louisiana 70470 (985) 871-4084 COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT Jim Howard, Jr.

WOODARD, Judge.

For the reasons assigned this day in State v. Howard, 04-499, ___So.2d ___ (La.App. 3 Cir. __/__/04), we affirm the Defendant’s conviction and sentence.

CONVICTION AND SENTENCE AFFIRMED.