STATE v. WILHITE

No. 40,539-KA.

917 So.2d 1252 (2005)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee v. Marcus Dewayne WILHITE, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 30, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louisiana Appellate Project by Peggy J. Sullivan, Monroe, Marcus, Dewayne Wilhite, for Appellant.

Jerry L. Jones, District Attorney, George Daniel Ross, Assistant District Attorney, for Appellee.

Before BROWN, C.J., and WILLIAMS and DREW, JJ.


DREW, J.

Marcus Dewayne Wilhite was convicted as charged of second degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without benefits. The defendant now appeals his conviction and sentence. We affirm.

FACTS

THE INVESTIGATION

On March 23, 1999, Dwandya Hollins noticed something unusual in a thicket off Buckhorn Bend Road in Ouachita Parish on her way to the store. When she returned with her husband and others, the partially-clothed...

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