STATE v. MINCEY

No. 08-1315.

14 So.3d 613 (2009)

STATE of Louisiana v. Robert Elijah Lamar MINCEY, a/k/a Robert Bryant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 15, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Foster DeRosier, District Attorney-14th Judicial District Court, Carla S. Sigler, Assistant District Attorney-14th Judicial District Court, Lake Charles, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee, State of Louisiana.

Mary E. Roper, Louisiana Appellate Project, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Robert Elijah Lamar Mincey, a/k/a Robert Bryant.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, JOHN D. SAUNDERS, and JIMMIE C. PETERS, Judges.


THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge.

The Defendant, Robert Elijah Lamar Mincey, a/k/a Robert Bryant, appeals his jury conviction for manslaughter on the basis that the evidence was insufficient to disprove his claim of self-defense. We affirm.

FACTS

In September of 2006, the victim, Jerome Dejean, was at a nightclub called "Club 69" on Highway 90 in Calcasieu Parish. His girlfriend, Ashley Garcia, and two male friends, Kevin "Sandez" Doucet and Phillip...

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