State v. Jones

MAX N. TOBIAS, JR., Judge.

_JjThe defendants, Deloyd “Puggy” Jones (“Jones”) and Alton “Peewee” Augustin (“Augustin”), were each charged and convicted of two counts of attempted second degree murder and were each sentenced to forty years at hard labor, without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence, on each count, with the sentences to be served consecutively as to each defendant. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the defendants’ convictions and sentences.

Jones and Augustin were each charged by grand jury indictment on 17 November 2011, with two counts of attempted second…