STATE v. CARTER

No. 00-KA-145.

767 So.2d 839 (2000)

STATE of Louisiana v. Tyrone CARTER.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

July 25, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Connick, Jr., District Attorney, Terry M. Boudreaux, Allison Wallis, Nancy Miller, George Wallace, Jr., Assistant District Attorneys, Gretna, Louisiana, Attorneys for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Bertha M. Hillman, Louisiana Appellate Project, Thibodaux, Louisiana, Attorney for Defendant/Appellant.

Panel composed of Judges EDWARD A. DUFRESNE, Jr., SOL GOTHARD and MADELINE JASMINE, Pro Tempore.


GOTHARD, Judge.

Defendant, Tyrone Carter, appeals his conviction and sentence on a charge of the second degree murder of Shonette McPherson. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

The facts show that Ms. McPherson did not return home on Thanksgiving night in 1997. Efforts by family members to contact Ms. McPherson on her pager were unsuccessful. With growing concern, relatives of the victim notified police that she was missing. Investigation of the incident showed...

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