LOTTINGER, Chief Judge.
Defendant, Donnie Tipton, was charged by grand jury indictment with the second degree murder of Danny Cotton. La. R.S. 14:30.1. Following a trial by jury, defendant was found guilty as charged. The trial court sentenced defendant to life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence and with credit for time served. Initially, on appeal, defendant failed to file an appellate brief with this court,...
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