State v. Howard

WOODARD, Judge.

Defendant, Jim A. Howard, Jr., was found guilty of aggravated battery, a violation of La.R.S. 14:34, by a unanimous six person jury on July 28, 1992. On September 24, 1992, defendant was sentenced to serve sixty months at hard labor.

FACTS

On March 22, 1992, at approximately 4:30 a.m., defendant Jim A. Howard, Jr., was in search of Chana Simmons, his live-in girlfriend who had gone to Jonesville with Van-dell Smith, Jr., Donna Jackson, and Adrienne Richardson.

The vehicle in which Ms. Simmons and her friends were traveling was a Chevrolet Blazer. It was driven by Adrienne…