State v. Lejeune
State v. Lejeune
489 So. 2d 907; 1986 La. LEXIS 6563
(Southern Reporter, Second Series)
State v. Lejeune
Opinion of the Court
As to each defendant, one simple battery conviction involving victim Turner, and the aggravated battery conviction involving victim Duncan, are affirmed. As to each defendant, one simple battery conviction involving victim Turner, and two simple battery convictions involving victim Duncan are vacated, and the sentences are set aside. The defendants may not be punished twice for multiple batteries committed against the same victim in the same encounter under a statutory definition of the offense as βthe intentional use of force or violence upon the person of another-β La.R.S. 14:33. See also: La.C. Cr.P. art. 596.
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