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STATE v. MASON

No. 00-KA-1223.

782 So.2d 1093 (2001)

STATE of Louisiana v. Rodney A. MASON, Jr.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

January 30, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce G. Whittaker, Louisiana Appellate Project, New Orleans, LA, Attorney for Appellant Rodney A. Mason, Jr.

Paul D. Connick, Jr., District Attorney, 24th Judicial District, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana; Churita H. Hansell, Terry M. Boudreaux, Appellate Attorneys, Assistant District Attorneys; David P. Wolff, Felony Assistant District Attorney, Research and Appeals, Courthouse Annex, Gretna, LA, Attorneys for Appellee State of Louisiana.

Panel composed of Judges GOTHARD, CANNELLA and GAUDIN, Pro Tempore.

JAMES L. CANNELLA, Judge.

Defendant, Ronald A. Mason, Jr., appeals his conviction for second degree murder, a violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1 and sentence of life imprisonment. We affirm and remand.1

On January 26, 1998, the Defendant shot and killed Melissa DiGiovanni (DiGiovanni) while they were sitting in a car in the parking lot of the Elmwood Plantation Apartments on Veterans Blvd. The Defendant, age 43, and DiGiovanni, age...

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