STATE v. ESCOBAR-RIVERA

No. 11-KA-496.

90 So.3d 1 (2012)

STATE of Louisiana v. Renil D. ESCOBAR-RIVERA.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

January 24, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Connick, Jr. , District Attorney, Terry M. Boudreaux , Desirée M. Valenti , Assistant District Attorneys, Gretna, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Jane L. Beebe , Attorney at Law, Louisiana Appellate Project, New Orleans, LA for Defendant/Appellant.

Panel composed of Judges MARION F. EDWARDS, CLARENCE E. McMANUS, and FREDERICKA HOMBERG WICKER.


FREDERICKA HOMBERG WICKER, Judge.

This is the third case in a series of the Gomez Bar murders to come before this Court on appeal. In this case, the defendant appeals his convictions and three consecutive life sentences for three counts of second degree murder. He contends that the trial court erred in failing to grant the motion to suppress his statement; by not requiring a unanimous jury verdict; and by imposing consecutive sentences. For the reasons that follow...

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