Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Joel r. McDonald
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2005-11-02
Citations: 916 So. 2d 431
Docket Number: No. 05-104
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Joel r. McDonald.
Judges: Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN, and ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, Judges.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 916
Pages: 431–431

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Joel r. McDonald.
No. 05-104.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
Nov. 2, 2005.
John F. Johnson, District Attorney, Bradley R. Burget, Assistant District Attorney, Vidalia, LA, for State of Louisiana.
Edward Kelly Bauman, Louisiana Appellate Project, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendant/Appellant Joel R. McDonald.
G. Paul Marx, Louisiana Appellate Project, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant/Appellant Dustin K. Runyon.
Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN, and ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, Judges.

Opinion:
SULLIVAN, Judge.
For the reasons assigned in the companion and consolidated case, State v. Dustin K. Runyon, 05-36 (La.App. 3 Cir. 11/02/05), 916 So.2d 407, 2005 WL 2863763, Defendant McDonald's convictions are affirmed. His sentence for second degree murder is affirmed, but his sentence for attempted second degree murder is vacated, and the case remanded for re-sentencing. The trial court is instructed that the entirety of the sentence imposed for attempted second degree murder must be served without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.
AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED WITH INSTRUCTIONS.