Legal Opinion
State v. USSIN
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 8, 2009No. 2008-KA-1577PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAUL A. BONIN, Judge.
L Keldon Ussin, Jr. appeals his conviction after a trial by judge 1 for a violation of La. R.S. 14:95.1, being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. He was sentenced to ten years at hard labor and fined $1,000. For the reasons which follow, we affirm his conviction. We amend his sentence, and as amended, affirm the sentence.
Facts
On March 19, 2008, Mr. Ussin was a passenger in the front seat of a four-door Chevrolet Cavalier, a car owned and being operated by his girlfriend, Areoon Nicole Houston, on Engineers Road in Plaque-mines Parish. In the backseat was Mr.…
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