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Judgment rendered August 19, 2009. Application for rehearing may be filed within the delay allowed by Art. 922, La. C. Cr. P.
No. 44,495-KA

COURT OF APPEAL
SECOND CIRCUIT
STATE OF LOUISIANA

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STATE OF LOUISIANA Appellee
versus
ROBERT LEE JORDAN Appellant
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Appealed from the
Forty-Second Judicial District Court for the
Parish of DeSoto, Louisiana
Trial Court No. 0716550

Honorable Stephen B. Beasley, Judge

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LOUISIANA APPELLATE PROJECT Counsel for By: Peggy J. Sullivan Appellant
ROBERT ZEMRY JOHNSON, JR. Counsel for District Attorney Appellee
BRITNEY A. GREEN Assistant District Attorney
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Before STEWART, MOORE and LOLLEY, JJ.
N O T D E SIG N AT E D FO R P U B LIC AT IO N .  Rule 2-16.3, U niform Rules, Courts of Appeal.
After a bench trial, the defendant, Robert Lee Jordan, was convicted of one count of attempted second degree murder and one count of aggravated battery.  He was sentenced to 20 years at hard labor on the conviction for attempted second degree murder and to 10 years for the conviction of aggravated battery, the former sentence to be served without the benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence, with the two sentences to run consecutively.  The defendant now appeals.  We affirm.
FACTS
The defendant was charged by bill of information with two counts of attempted murder for stabbing Virginia Woods and Kizzie Scott on or about August 25, 2007.  After the defendant invoked his right to a speedy trial under La C. Cr. P. art. 701 D(1), the matter came for bench trial on June 23, 2008.  
At trial, Virginia Woods, a self-described 4'10", less-than-100-lb. female, testified that she and the defendant were previously involved in a relationship, but that she had broken it off some months earlier.  However, because the defendant

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