State v. Cotten

|, This criminal appeal arises from the First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo, State of Louisiana. The defendant, Jimmy Dale Cotten, pled guilty to attempted second degree murder, in violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1 and 14:27, and he was sentenced to 49 years’ imprisonment at hard labor, without the benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. Cotten now appeals, and for the following reasons, we affirm his conviction and sentence. .

Facts

On October 7, 2011, Cotten drove to the home of Vernon Alexander Cooksey, armed with a “sawed-off’ 12-gauge shotgun. Blake Ferguson,…