SERVING ASCENSION, ASSUMPTION & ST. JAMES PARISHES

During the week of July 31-August 4, 2017, the following defendants pled guilty to various charges and were sentenced in the 23rd Judicial District Court, Parishes of Ascension, Assumption, and St. James.

Ascension Parish: 

Ascension Parish had no court this week. 

Assumption Parish: 

Assumption Parish had no court this week. 

St. James Parish 

  1. Broderick Payne, 3123 Rev. Samuel Jones St. Paulina, LA., age 35, pled guilty to Possession With Intent to Distribute a Schedule II Controlled Dangerous Substance     (2 counts) and Attempted Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. On the charge of Possession With Intent to Distribute a Schedule II Controlled Dangerous Substance, the defendant was sentenced to 12 years with the Louisiana Department of Corrections with credit for time served on each count. It was ordered that the defendant is to serve  5 years of the imposed sentence, and the remaining 7 years of the said sentence are to be suspended. Upon release from incarceration, the defendant is to be placed on 7 years supervised probation. On the charge of Attempted Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, the defendant was sentenced to 5 years with the Louisiana Department of Corrections with credit for time served. The imposed sentences are to run concurrent with one another. 
  2. Charles Rose, 720 Madison Dr. Laplace, LA., age 23, pled guilty to Possession With Intent to Distribute a Schedule I Controlled Dangerous Substance and was sentenced to 3 years with the Louisiana Department of Corrections with credit for time served, to be suspended, and placed on 3 years supervised probation.
  3. Tashana Mason, 114 St. Patrick St. Donaldsonville, LA., age 31, pled guilty to Possession of a Schedule II Controlled Dangerous Substance and was sentenced to 3 years with the Louisiana Department of Corrections with credit for time served, to be suspended, and placed on 3 years supervised probation.

The above cases were prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Adam Koenig, and presiding over these matters was the Honorable Judge Thomas Kliebert.