State v. Linnear

hThe defendant, Stacey J. Linnear, was charged by bill of information with second degree battery in violation of La. R.S. 14:34.1. A jury convicted the defendant as charged and the trial court sentenced him to four years and nine months at hard labor with credit for time served. Because the evidence was sufficient to convict the defendant and because his near maximum sentence is not excessive, we affirm the conviction and sentence.

Facts

In the early morning hours of October 6, 2007, an unidentified man was carried out of Shreveport’s Kokopelli’s nightclub by club security after he was…