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State v. Davis
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided August 7, 2013No. 48,161-KAPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCaraway, J.
|, Marvin W. Davis was charged by bill of information with three counts of aggravated battery in violation of La. R.S. 14:34 and La. R.S. 46:2132, the Domestic Violence Act. A jury of six unanimously convicted Davis of two counts of aggravated battery. Davis was subsequently adjudicated a fourth felony offender, with all four convictions being crimes of violence, and was sentenced to the mandatory term of life imprisonment. Davis appeals, raising three assignments of error. We affirm Davis’ convictions. We vacate his adjudication as a fourth felony offender and remand for resentencing.
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