STATE v. HYDE

No. 38,362-KA.

870 So.2d 487 (2004)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Robert Scott HYDE, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

April 7, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louisiana Appellate Project by Mary Constance Hanes, Paula Corley Marx, for Appellant.

William Robert Coenen, Jr., District Attorney, Penny Wise-Douciere, Assistant District Attorney, for Appellee.

Before STEWART, DREW and MOORE, JJ.


DREW, J.

The state charged defendant, Robert Scott Hyde, with one count of second degree murder arising from the October 2001 homicide of Hugh Bozman.1 Defendant elected to enter a guilty plea under North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 91 S.Ct. 160, 27 L.Ed.2d 162 (1970), to a reduced charge of manslaughter. The court conducted a lengthy sentencing hearing and directed that defendant serve 35 years...

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