State v. Ahlfeldt

| ¶ GREMILLION, Judge.

The defendant, Harry Julius Ahlfeldt, IV, was tried by a jury and found guilty of the offense of battery of a police officer, a violation of La.R.S. 14:34.2. He was sentenced to serve two years at hard labor, with one year suspended, placed on two *665years supervised probation, and ordered to pay court costs. Defendant filed a motion for new trial which was denied. He now appeals arguing that the evidence was insufficient to show an essential element of the charged crime in that it was not shown that: Trooper Anthony Pitts (1) was acting in the performance of his duties…