STATE v. BURNES

No. 88-KA-0496.

533 So.2d 1029 (1988)

STATE of Louisiana v. Johnnie A. BURNES.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

October 27, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., R. Jeffrey Bridger, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for plaintiff.

Peter J. Castano, New Orleans, for defendant.

Before BARRY, KLEES and BYRNES, JJ.


BARRY, Judge.

The defendant was indicted for second degree murder, La.R.S. 14:30.1, and a jury found him guilty of manslaughter, La.R.S. 14:31. He was sentenced as a second felony offender to twenty-five years at hard labor without good time eligibility.

On June 28, 1986 Joseph "Beenie" Wallace and a friend, Clement Roache, spent the day riding in Wallace's car. That afternoon they went to a residence and Wallace...

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