STATE v. MORRIS

No. 04-120.

876 So.2d 247 (2004)

STATE of Louisiana v. Willie James MORRIS, Jr.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 9, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Downs, District Attorney, Alexandria, LA, for Appellee, State of Louisiana.

Thomas R. Willson, Assistant District Attorney, Alexandria, LA, for Appellee, State of Louisiana.

Paula C. Marx, Louisiana Appellate Project, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Willie James Morris, Jr.

Willie James Morris, Jr., Dixon Correctional Institute, Jackson, LA, pro se.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, BILLIE COLOMBARO WOODARD, and MARC T. AMY, Judges.


AMY, Judge.

The defendant was convicted of second degree battery and was sentenced to a term of three years' imprisonment at hard labor. The defendant appeals his conviction, asserting that certain remarks made by the State during its closing argument violated his Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. For the following reasons, we affirm.

Factual and Procedural Background

The record reflects that at around 11:30 pm on November 22, 2002, members...

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