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STATE v. KNIGHT

No. 09-KA-359.

34 So.3d 307 (2010)

STATE of Louisiana v. Phillip KNIGHT.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

February 9, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Connick, Jr., District Attorney, Terry M. Boudreaux, Andrea F. Long, Michael D. Smith, Jr., Jacqueline F. Maloney, Assistant District Attorneys, Twenty-Fourth Judicial District, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, Gretna, Louisiana, for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Katherine M. Franks, Attorney at Law, Louisiana Appellate Project, Abita Springs, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellant.

Phillip Knight, In Proper Person, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana, Defendant/Appellant.

Panel composed of Judges MARION F. EDWARDS, CLARENCE E. McMANUS, and JUDE G. GRAVOIS.

MARION F. EDWARDS, Judge.

Defendant/appellant, Phillip Knight, appeals his conviction of the second degree murder of his father, Bobby Knight, and the life sentence imposed as a result of that conviction. We affirm both the conviction and the sentence.

Knight was charged with the murder that occurred on October 26, 2000. He pled not guilty at the arraignment. On December 5, 2000, Knight withdrew his plea of not guilty and entered a plea of not guilty by reason...

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