STATE v. KIMMEL

No. CR86-149.

493 So.2d 288 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Clyde R. KIMMEL, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied November 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Kennedy, Colfax, for defendant-appellant.

Joseph P. Beck, II, Dist. Atty., Thomas G. Wilson, Asst. Dist. Atty., Colfax, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before STOKER, KNOLL and KING, JJ.


STOKER, Judge.

Clyde R. Kimmel was convicted of manslaughter after a jury trial, and was sentenced to eighteen years at hard labor. He contends that the sentence is excessive in light of mitigating factors, and that the evidence is insufficient for a rational trier of fact to conclude that the State proved the essential elements of the crime.

FACTS

The defendant had apparently been at odds with his relatives for some time. On the evening of February...

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