STATE v. JONES

No. CR95-1457.

677 So.2d 493 (1996)

STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Kevin Roch JONES, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 9, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Wagner, Dist. Atty., for the State of Louisiana.

Joseph Richard Kutch, Pineville, for Kevin Roch Jones.

Before YELVERTON, KNOLL and COOKS, JJ.


YELVERTON, Judge.

Kevin Roch Jones was convicted in a bench trial of second degree murder, a violation of La.R.S. 14:30.1. He appeals assigning two errors.

FACTS:

The defendant threw his two and one-half-month-old son, Donavon Alexander Baskey, into a crib on the evening of September 13, 1993. After sailing four to five feet through the air, the infant struck his head on the crib's railings and lapsed into unconsciousness. The defendant...

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