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STATE v. MACKENS

No. 35,350-KA.

803 So.2d 454 (2001)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Gregory G. MACKENS, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 28, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy C. Ellender, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Attorney General, Jerry L. Jones, District Attorney, John Michael Ruddick, Assistant District Attorney, Counsel for Appellee.

Before STEWART, GASKINS and CARAWAY, JJ.

CARAWAY, J.

The defendant was tried and convicted for the second degree murder of his ex-wife, in violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1. He was sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor. The defendant appeals, contesting the sufficiency of the evidence, and the trial court's failure to suppress four statements which he made to the police. For the reasons below, defendant's conviction is affirmed.

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