STATE v. MAJOR

No. 96-KA-1214.

708 So.2d 813 (1998)

STATE of Louisiana v. Corey MAJOR and Link L. Jacques.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

March 4, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, District Attorney, Val M. Solino, Charles E.F. Heuer, Assistant District Attorneys, New Orleans, for Appellee.

Laura M. Pavy, Louisiana Appellate Project, New Orleans, for Appellant Corey Major.

Robert E. Taylor, Baton Rouge, Anselm N. Nwokorie, Dele A. Adebamiji & Associates, Baton Rouge, for Appellant Link L. Jacques.

Before SCHOTT, C.J., and LOBRANO and WALTZER, JJ.


LOBRANO, Judge.

The appellants, Link Jacques and Corey Major, and co-defendant, James Riley, were charged by grand jury indictment with first degree murder, a violation of La. R.S. 14:30. A jury found Riley not guilty, but found Jacques and Major guilty of manslaughter, a violation of La. R.S. 14:31. The appellants were each sentenced to thirty years at hard labor. Counsel objected to the sentences as excessive and claimed that the trial judge failed to adhere to...

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