STATE v. JONES

No. 99-KA-798.

748 So.2d 1176 (1999)

STATE of Louisiana v. Lionel JONES.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

November 10, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce G. Whittaker, Louisiana Appellate Project, Gretna, Attorney for Appellant, Lionel Jones.

Paul D. Connick, Jr., District Attorney, Thomas J. Butler, Terry M. Boudreaux, Assistant District Attorneys, Appellate Counsel, Gregory M. Kennedy, Assistant District Attorney, Trial Counsel, Gretna, Attorneys for Appellee, State of Louisiana.

Panel composed of Judges EDWARD A. DUFRESNE, Jr., THOMAS F. DALEY and SUSAN M. CHEHARDY.


CHEHARDY, J.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

On November 14, 1996, a Jefferson Parish Grand Jury issued an indictment, charging defendant, Lionel Jones, with the second degree murder of Robert Buckley. Defendant was arraigned on November 21, 1996, and pled not guilty. A trial by jury was held on December 8 and 9, 1998. After deliberations, the jury returned a verdict of guilty as charged.

On January 15, 1999, after the trial court denied defendant's...

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