STATE v. CUMMINGS

No. 99 KA 3000.

771 So.2d 874 (2000)

STATE of Louisiana v. Shelton CUMMINGS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

November 3, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monisa L. Thompson, Baton Rouge, for Plaintiff-Appellee State of Louisiana.

Gwen Brown, Baton Rouge, for Defendant-Appellant Shelton Cummings.

BEFORE: LeBLANC, KUHN, and BOLIN, JJ.


BOLIN, Judge Pro Tem.

Defendant, Shelton Cummings, was charged by grand jury indictment with second degree murder, a violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1. He pled not guilty. After a trial, the jury returned the verdict of guilty as charged. The trial court sentenced defendant to the mandatory term of life imprisonment at hard labor, without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence. Defendant appealed, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence to support...

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