STATE v. POWELL

No. 28788-KA.

683 So.2d 1281 (1996)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee v. Billy DeWayne POWELL, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 5, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis A. Jones, Ruston, for Appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Attorney General, Robert W. Levy, District Attorney, and John L. Sheehan, Assistant District Attorney, for Appellee.

Before HIGHTOWER, STEWART and CARAWAY, JJ.


CARAWAY, Judge.

Defendant, Billy DeWayne Powell, was convicted by a jury of the Second Degree Murder of Derrick Abney pursuant to LSA-R.S. 14:30.1. The court sentenced Powell to life imprisonment without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. He now brings this appeal urging six assignments of error. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

On Thursday evening, April 6, 1995, the defendant and two friends, Latrese Gandy and LaQoanna Spriggs...

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