State v. Bias

SAUNDERS, Judge.

Defendant, Ladray Bias, Jr., was charged with the attempted second degree murder of the victim, Brittany Dionne Watson, in violation of La.R.S. 14:27 and 14:30.1, on September 8, 2016. He was found guilty as charged on June 15, 2017. The trial court sentenced him to serve forty years at hard labor with credit for time served on August 21, 2017. Defendant filed a motion to reconsider his sentence, and the trial court denied it on September 11, 2017.

On June 26, 2017, the State charged Defendant as a second felony offender pursuant to La.R.S. 15:529.1. The trial court vacated…