Legal Opinion
State v. Abbott
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 31, 2012No. 11-KA-1162PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARC E. JOHNSON, Judge.
| ^Defendant, Perry Abbott, appeals his conviction and sentence for second degree battery. For the reasons that follow, we conditionally affirm his conviction and sentence and remand the matter for an evi-dentiary hearing to determine if defendant validly waived his right to a jury trial.
Defendant was charged in a bill of information on August 11, 2010 with second degree battery in violation of La. R.S. 14:34.1. He initially pled not guilty, but later changed his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity. After being found competent to stand trial, defendant proceeded to…
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