STATE v. SMITH

No. 87-KA-641.

520 So.2d 1252 (1988)

STATE of Louisiana v. Alex SMITH.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Writ Denied April 29, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., Tom Wilkinson and Dorothy A. Pendergast, Asst. Dist. Attys., Gretna, for plaintiff/appellee.

Milton P. Masinter, New Orleans, for defendant/appellant.

Before CHEHARDY, GRISBAUM and WICKER, JJ.


WICKER, Judge.

Alex Smith, defendant, was charged by grand jury indictment for the second degree murder of Theodore Jackson in violation of L.S.A.-R.S. 14:30.1. He was found guilty of manslaughter pursuant to L.S.A.-R.S. 14:31 and sentenced to twenty-one years at hard labor.

The testimony at trial set forth the following facts: Sonya Young and Shana Young, their children, and boyfriends resided in the same house located in Jefferson Parish. Shana's boyfriend...

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