State v. Falkins

CLARENCE E. McMANUS, Judge.

|2The defendant, Larry R. Falkins, was convicted of attempted first degree murder of a police officer in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:27(30), and was sentenced to hard labor for a term of forty years, to be served without the benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. Thereafter, defendant filed a motion to reconsider sentence, which was denied by the trial court. Defendant now appeals. We affirm defendant’s conviction and sentence.

The following was adduced at trial. On September 1, 2005, in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina 1 , members of the…