State v. Owens

BROWN, Judge.

Defendant, Charles Owens, was charged by bill of information with attempted second degree murder in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:27,14:30.1. After a trial by jury, Owens was convicted as charged and thereafter sentenced to 30 years at hard labor without the benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence. On appeal defendant claims that the guilty verdict was not supported by sufficient evidence and that his sentence was excessive. Finding no merit to these claims, we affirm the conviction and sentence.

FACTS

In the late evening of October 11, 1990, the victim, Don Gibbs, an…