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STATE v. PORTER

No. 99-1722.

761 So.2d 115 (2000)

STATE of Louisiana v. James Thomas PORTER, Jr.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

May 3, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rick Bryant, District Attorney, F. Wayne Frey, Donald Guidry, Paul Reggie, Assistant District Attorneys, Lake Charles, Counsel for Appellee/State of Louisiana.

Lawrence C. Billeaud, Louisiana Appellate Project, Lafayette, Counsel for Appellant/Arthur James, Jr.

(Court composed of NED E. DOUCET, Jr., Chief Judge, SYLVIA R. COOKS, and OSWALD A. DECUIR, Judges).

DOUCET, Chief Judge.

This appeal seeks the review of the conviction and sentence of James Thomas Porter, Jr. for the second degree murder of three-year-old Morgan Bonton. The grand jury of Calcasieu Parish originally indicted the Defendant for the first degree murder of the victim. On June 1, 1999, at the conclusion of the guilt phase of the trial, the jury returned a verdict of guilty of second degree murder. Thereafter, on September 1, 1999, the trial judge imposed...

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