STATE v. DESOTO

No. 06-1115.

968 So.2d 146 (2007)

STATE of Louisiana v. Jake C. DESOTO.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Opinion on Rehearing August 15, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Edwin Lafargue, Lafargue Law Office, Marksville, LA, for Defendant-Appellant Jake C. DeSoto.

Hon. Charles A. Riddle III, District Attorney, Norris Joseph Greenhouse, Assistant DA, Marksville, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee State of Louisiana.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, SYLVIA R. COOKS, and ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, Judges.


PICKETT, Judge.

FACTS

The defendant, Jake DeSoto, and Kain Roy left the hunting camp of Jerold "Eddie Boy" Knoll, Jr., to go hunting on November 20, 2004 between 2:30 and 3:00 p.m. The two eventually separated and made their way to deer stands on land belonging to Bruce Beauregard. At approximately 5:30 p.m., the defendant shot what he thought was a deer. He subsequently discovered that he had in fact shot Roy, who was lying in a slough. Roy died...

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