WILLIAMS, J.
The state charged defendant, Fruquan Hopkins a/k/a Harum Abdul Sharif, with the July 9, 1999 second degree murder of David L. Parker, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30.1. Defendant waived a trial by jury and was found guilty as charged after a bench trial. The court imposed the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without the benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence. The trial court denied timely motions for judgment of acquittal and new...
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