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STATE v. THORNTON

No. 36,757-KA.

836 So.2d 1235 (2003)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Melvin THORNTON, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

January 29, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louisiana Appellate Project, by J. Wilson Rambo, Paula C. Marx, Lafayette, for Appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Attorney General, Robert W. Levy, District Attorney, Clifford R. Strider, III, Assistant District Attorney, for Appellee.

Before PEATROSS, KOSTELKA and HARRISON (Pro Tempore), JJ.

KOSTELKA, J.

Melvin Thornton ("Thornton") was convicted as charged of second degree murder, La. R.S. 14:30.1, and was sentenced to mandatory life imprisonment at hard labor, without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. He now appeals his conviction and sentence. We affirm.

FACTS

During the late evening hours of April 10, 1999, the Ruston, Louisiana Police Department received a report that a gunshot

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