State v. Singleton

It Charged with attempted second degree murder, Billy T. Singleton was found guilty of aggravated battery and sentenced to eight years at hard labor. He now appeals, urging the evidence was insufficient to convict and the sentence is excessive. We affirm.

Factual Background

Singleton’s victim was his wife, Sheron-da. Sheronda testified that in October 2010, their relationship was “not good,” and she recently told him she wanted a divorce because he was having an affair with another woman. Singleton admitted the affair but insisted he had broken it off about two months earlier.

On October 12,…