BARRY, Judge.
Stephen Rosiere, a police officer, was found guilty of second degree murder, La. R.S. 14:30.1, following a bench trial. After denial of motions for a post-verdict judgment of acquittal or alternatively for modification of the verdict and a new trial, Rosiere was sentenced to the mandatory life imprisonment at hard labor.
Rosiere's appeal hinges on two arguments.
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