STATE v. COATES

No. 92-KA-1091.

622 So.2d 268 (1993)

STATE of Louisiana, v. Michael COATES.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

June 29, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., Robert Grant, David Motter, Dorothy A. Pendergast, Asst. Dist. Attys., Gretna, for plaintiff-appellee.

John D. Rawls, Staff Appellate Counsel, Indigent Defender Bd., Gretna, for defendant-appellant.

Before GAUDIN, GRISBAUM and GOTHARD, JJ.


GAUDIN, Judge.

Michael Coates was convicted by a jury in the 24th Judicial District of aggravated burglary, LSA-R.S. 14:60, and sentenced to 12 years at hard labor, with credit for time served. The State dismissed a multiple offender bill that had been filed.

On appeal, Coates assigns three district court errors:

(1) the State failed to prove a battery,

(2) the trial judge committed error in permitting the prosecutor to prove and argue at trial...

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