State v. Lewis

JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Chief Judge.

_JjThe defendant, Peter Lewis, appeals his conviction for aggravated battery and his twenty-year sentence as a multiple offender, contending only that the trial court erred by finding him to be a fourth offender. We affirm.

STATEMENT OF CASE

On January 6, 2009 the defendant was charged with attempted first degree murder of his wife, Janet Lewis. On October 8, 2009, at the end of a two-day trial, a jury found him guilty of aggravated battery, a violation of La. R.S. 14:34. On December 15, 2009, the court denied his motion for post-verdict judgment of…