STATE OF LOUISIANA VERSUS LARRY K. CROCKETT

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NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT 07-13 consolidated with 07-14 STATE OF LOUISIANA VERSUS LARRY K. CROCKETT ********** APPEAL FROM THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF AVOYELLES, NOS. 132946, 134786 HONORABLE MARK A. JEANSONNE, DISTRICT JUDGE ********** ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX CHIEF JUDGE ********** Court composed of Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux, Chief Judge, Marc T. Amy, and Michael G. Sullivan, Judges. CONVICTION, SENTENCE, AND HABITUAL OFFENDER ADJUDICATION AFFIRMED. MOTION TO WITHDRAW GRANTED. CASE REMANDED FOR CORRECTION OF THE MINUTES. Charles A. Riddle, III District Attorney Michael Francis Kelly Assistant District Attorney Twelfth Judicial District P. O. Box 1200 Marksville, LA 71351 Telephone: (318) 253-6587 COUNSEL FOR: Plaintiff/Appellee - State of Louisiana Carey J. Ellis, III Louisiana Appellate Project P. O. Box 719 Rayville, LA 71269 Telephone: (318) 728-2043 COUNSEL FOR: Defendant/Appellant - Larry K. Crockett THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge. The Defendant, Larry K. Crockett, was convicted by a six-person jury of cruelty to the infirm, a violation of La.R.S. 14:93.3, for beating his sixty-eight year old aunt with whom he lived. A habitual offender bill was filed against him, and he was adjudicated a second habitual offender. He was sentenced to thirteen years, six months at hard labor. The Defendant appeals. We have consolidated the original trial proceedings and the habitual offender proceedings for appeal purposes. We affirm the conviction and sentence, grant appellate counsel s motion to withdraw, and remand for correction of the minutes. Appellate counsel has filed a brief stating that he could find no errors on appeal that would support reversal of the conviction, sentence, or habitual offender adjudication. In State v. Benjamin, 573 So.2d 528 (La.App. 4 Cir. 1990), the fourth circuit set forth the appropriate analysis for such a brief, pursuant to Anders: When appointed counsel has filed a brief indicating that no non-frivolous issues and no ruling arguably supporting an appeal were found after a conscientious review of the record, Anders requires that counsel move to withdraw. This motion will not be acted on until this court performs a thorough independent review of the record after providing the appellant an opportunity to file a brief in his or her own behalf. This court s review of the record will consist of (1) a review of the bill of information or indictment to insure the defendant was properly charged; (2) a review of all minute entries to insure the defendant was present at all crucial stages of the proceedings, the jury composition and verdict were correct and the sentence is legal; (3) a review of all pleadings in the record; (4) a review of the jury sheets; and (5) a review of all transcripts to determine if any ruling provides an arguable basis for appeal. Id. at 531. This court has reviewed the record, including the transcripts, pleadings, and minute entries. Defendant and his counsel were present at all critical legal proceedings. The record demonstrates there was sufficient evidence on which the jury could base its verdict; the record also supports Defendant s adjudication as a habitual offender. The sentence imposed is within the proper range. Thus, this court has found no issues that would support an appeal. Therefore, counsel will be allowed to withdraw. DECREE The conviction, sentence, and habitual offender adjudication are affirmed; counsel s motion to withdraw is granted. Additionally, the case is remanded for amendment of the minutes to delete the language indicating the trial court designated this as a crime of violence, pursuant to La.Code Crim.P. art. 890.1. The transcript reveals no such statement by the trial court. CONVICTION, SENTENCE, AND HABITUAL OFFENDER ADJUDICATION AFFIRMED. MOTION TO WITHDRAW GRANTED. CASE REMANDED FOR CORRECTION OF THE MINUTES. THIS OPINION IS NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION. Rule 2-16.3, Uniform Rules Courts of Appeal. 2 STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT 07-13 consolidated with 07-14 STATE OF LOUISIANA Plaintiff-Appellee VERSUS LARRY K. CROCKETT Defendant-Appellant On appeal from the Twelfth Judicial District Court, Parish of Avoyelles, State of Louisiana, Honorable Mark A. Jeansonne, District Judge. ORDER After consideration of the appellate counsel s request to withdraw as counsel in the appeals pending in the above-captioned matters; IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that appellate counsel s request to withdraw is granted. THUS DONE AND SIGNED this ____ day of _______________ 2007. COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT ____________________________________ Chief Judge Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux ____________________________________ Judge Marc T. Amy ____________________________________ Judge Michael G. Sullivan

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