GAUDIN, Judge.
Jeffrey C. Ham was convicted by a jury in the 24th Judicial District Court of the October, 1992 second degree murder of his girlfriend, Kristina Santana, in Westwego, Louisiana. Ham did not deny that he shot Santana in the head but he said the shooting was accidental.
By a 10-2 margin, the jury rejected Ham's defense. We affirm this conviction and sentence, which was life imprisonment without benefit of parole, probation or suspension.
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