State v. Ford

liGASKINS, Judge.

The defendant, Hartrick Ford, was originally charged with attempted second degree murder. However, the state allowed him to plead guilty to the responsive charge of aggravated battery, La.R.S. 14:34. The trial court sentenced the defendant to serve eight years at hard labor and denied a timely motion for reconsideration. Finding error patent at the guilty plea colloquy, we hold the appeal in abeyance and remand for further proceedings.

At the defendant’s Boykin hearing, the state recited the following facts. On April 13, 1995, the defendant and several accomplices attacked the…