STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 03-1537.

875 So.2d 1043 (2004)

STATE of Louisiana v. Cordell Kendrick WILLIAMS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 9, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Phillip Haney, District Attorney, Renee M. Louviere, Assistant District Attorney, Franklin, LA, for Appellee, State of Louisiana.

Kenota Pulliam Johnson, Louisiana Appellate Project, Shreveport, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Cordell Kendrick Williams.

Cordell Kendrick Williams, Louisiana State Prison, Angola, LA, pro se.

Court composed of SYLVIA R. COOKS, BILLIE COLOMBARO WOODARD, and MARC T. AMY, Judges.


AMY, Judge.

The defendant was charged with second-degree murder and, pursuant to a plea agreement with the State, ultimately pled guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter. A sentence of forty years at hard labor was imposed, with credit for time served. The defendant appeals. For the following reasons, we affirm.

Factual and Procedural Background

On February 22, 2002, an Iberia Parish grand jury issued an indictment charging the defendant, Cordell...

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