STATE v. EAST

No. 97-KA-2862.

745 So.2d 812 (1999)

STATE of Louisiana v. Trenadad EAST.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

October 27, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yvonne Chalker, Louisiana Appellate Project, New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorney for Defendant/Appellant Trenadad East.

Harry Connick, District Attorney, Richard R. Pickens, II, Assistant District Attorney of Orleans Parish, New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Appellee/The State of Louisiana.

Court composed of Judge WILLIAM H. BYRNES III, Judge MIRIAM G. WALTZER and Judge PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY.


MURRAY, Judge.

On August 28, 1997, Trenadad East, was convicted of second degree murder of Latisha Brown1. His motion for new trial was denied and he was sentenced to life imprisonment without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence on September 19, 1997. Mr. East appeals that conviction, alleging that the trial court erred in denying his motion to continue the trial. For the following reasons, we affirm.

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