STATE v. ODOM

No. 33,340-KA.

760 So.2d 576 (2000)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Cecil ODOM, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

May 10, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louisiana Appellate Project by Gwendolyn K. Brown, Baton Rouge, Allan R. Harris, Shreveoprt, James E. Calhoun, Natchitoches, Counsel for Appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Attorney General, Paul J. Carmouche, District Attorney, Catherine M. Estopinal, Ross S. Owen, Assistant District Attorneys, Counsel for Appellee.

Before BROWN, PEATROSS, KOSTELKA, JJ.


KOSTELKA, J.

A unanimous jury found Cecil Odom ("Odom") guilty of two counts of first degree murder, La R.S. 14:30. After the jury failed to agree on a sentence, the trial court imposed consecutive life sentences, without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence, on each count. Odom appeals his convictions. We affirm.

FACTS

On the morning of July 25, 1997, Odom and his eighteen-year-old adopted daughter, Casey Dempsy Odom ("Casey")...

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