State v. Harris

LINDSAY, Judge.

The defendant, Michael D. Harris, was originally charged with two counts of purse snatching, in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:65.1. After a jury trial, the defendant was found guilty of one count of purse snatching. A multiple offender bill was filed against the defendant under LSA-R.S. 15:529.1. The trial court sentenced the defendant to forty years at hard labor as a third felony offender. On appeal, the defendant’s conviction was affirmed, but this court determined that the defendant was only a second felony offender. Consequently, the defendant’s sentence was vacated, and the…