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STATE v. HIGGINS

No. 01-KA-368.

800 So.2d 918 (2001)

STATE of Louisiana v. Shawn HIGGINS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

October 17, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Connick, Jr., District Attorney, Terry M. Boudreaux, Rebecca J. Becker, Richard Bates, James F. Scott, III, Assistant District Attorneys, Gretna, LA, Attorneys for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Frank Sloan, Louisiana Appellate Project, Covington, LA, Attorney for Defendant/Appellant.

Panel composed of Judges EDWARD A. DUFRESNE, JR., SOL GOTHARD and WALTER J. ROTHSCHILD.

SOL GOTHARD, Judge.

Defendant, Shawn Higgins, appeals his conviction on a charge of second degree murder and his sentence of life imprisonment. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

A Jefferson Parish Grand Jury indicted the defendant for the first degree murder of Carl Jackson. Subsequently, the State amended the indictment to charge the defendant with second degree murder. After a hearing, the trial judge denied...

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