SULLIVAN, Judge.
Defendant, Chad Everette Batiste, was charged by bill of indictment with second degree murder, in violation of La.R.S. 14:30.1. Defendant waived his right to trial by jury and, after a bench trial, was found guilty of the responsive verdict of manslaughter, in violation of La.R.S. 14:31. Defendant was sentenced to twenty years at hard labor. He filed a Motion to Reconsider Sentence which was denied. Defendant is now before this court asserting one...
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