State v. Laird

GREMILLION, Judge.

11 Defendant, Wilkes Laird, was convicted by a jury of attempted manslaughter, in violation of La. R.S. 14:27 and 14:31, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, in violation of La. R.S. 14:95.1. He was adjudicated a second felony offender, pursuant to La. R.S. 15:529.1, and sentenced to thirty years at hard labor, without the benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence on the attempted manslaughter conviction, and to fifteen years at hard labor, with a fine of $1,000, on the firearm possession charge, with the sentences to run concurrently. 1

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