STATE v. SIMMS

No. CR89-559.

554 So.2d 757 (1989)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Perry Leo SIMMS, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Lopez, Opelousas, for appellant.

David Miller, Asst. Dist. Atty., Opelousas, for appellee.

Before FORET, DOUCET and LABORDE, JJ.


FORET, Judge.

Defendant, Perry Leo Simms, was convicted of second degree murder, a violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1, and was sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor, without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. Defendant appeals this conviction, raising two assignments of error.

FACTS

On the night of July 31, 1987, at approximately midnight, John Robertson was awakened by the sound of a doorbell at his home in the City of Opelousas...

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