State v. CYRIAK

AMY, Judge.

I,The defendant was convicted of aggravated battery and sentenced to twenty years imprisonment at hard labor. The defendant appeals, challenging the evidence used to convict him and questioning his sentence as excessive. For the following reasons, we affirm.

Factual and Procedural Background

The events at issue in this case occurred on the evening of September 3, 2007, and into the early morning hours of September 4, 2007, in Rapides Parish. According to Michael Dwayne Johnson’s trial testimony, he met up with a friend to buy some drugs from Anthony Dewayne Cyriak. Mr. Johnson…