State v. Jones

WALTER J. ROTHSCHILD, Judge.

| ¡pKalvin Jones was charged in a bill of information with being a felon in possession of firearm in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:95.1. Defendant was arraigned and pled not guilty to the charge. After several continuances, a competency hearing and motion hearings, defendant withdrew his not guilty plea and pled guilty pursuant to North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 91 *482S.Ct. 160, 27 L.Ed.2d 162 (1970). The trial court sentenced defendant to 15 years at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence and imposed a fíne of $40.00. Immediately…