State v. Picot

| JONES, Judge.

Defendant-appellant, Charles Picot, was convicted of the offense of second degree battery, a violation of R.S. 14:34.1, and was sentenced to five years at hard labor. The State filed a multiple bill, and the court subsequently found appellant to be a second offender, vacated his original sentence, and resenteneed the Defendant to serve ten years at hard labor. From this action, the Defendant appeals and argues that the trial court used the wrong legal standard to determine his competency to proceed to trial. We affirm appellant’s conviction, but vacate his multiple bill…