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STATE v. PLEASANT

No. 99-KA-2349.

772 So.2d 910 (2000)

STATE of Louisiana v. Michael J. PLEASANT.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

November 8, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Julie C. Tizzard, Assistant District Attorney of Orleans Parish, New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Plaintiff/Appellee, State of Louisiana.

Catherine J. Smith, New Orleans, Louisiana, and George A. Blair, III, New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Defendant/Appellant, Michael Pleasant.

(Court composed of Judge JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Judge STEVEN R. PLOTKIN, Judge PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY).

MURRAY, Judge.

Defendant Michael Pleasant appeals his conviction for manslaughter claiming that there was insufficient evidence to convict, and that the sentence of thirty years was excessive. For the following reasons, we affirm the conviction and sentence.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Defendant Michael Pleasant, Nathaniel Pleasant, and Carl Williams, a/k/a Carl Pleasant, were indicted for the second degree murder of Syer Carter. On November 16, 1998,...

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