State v. Lewis

WICKER, Judge.

This appeal arises from three consolidated cases. The state filed three bills of information alleging criminal charges against the defendant, Gregory Lewis. The first bill charged the defendant with illegal possession of a firearm by a convict*187ed felon (La.R.S. 14:95.1), the second with theft of property valued at $12,000.00 (La. R.S. 14:67) and the third with two misdemeanor counts of battery of a police officer (La.R.S. 14:34.2). The defendant pled not guilty to each of the charges, and the state proceeded to trial on the illegal possession of a firearm charge. At the…