STATE v. HOPKINS

No. 25,233-KA.

626 So.2d 820 (1993)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. James HOPKINS, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

October 27, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond L. Cannon, Tallulah, for appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, James Caldwell, Dist. Atty., George F. Fox, Jr. Asst. Dist. Atty., Tallulah, for appellee.

Before LINDSAY, HIGHTOWER and VICTORY, JJ.


HIGHTOWER, Judge.

A jury found James Hopkins guilty as charged of second degree murder, LSA-R.S. 14:30.1. Thereafter, the trial court imposed the requisite sentence of life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. Relying on three of his four assignments of error, defendant now appeals. We affirm.

FACTS

On the evening of November 25, 1991, Hopkins forced his way into the residence of his estranged...

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