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STATE v. JOSEPH

No. 11-1583.

94 So.3d 922 (2012)

STATE of Louisiana v. Christopher Henry JOSEPH.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 13, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward K. Bauman , Louisiana Appellate Project, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Christopher Henry Joseph.

Christopher Henry Joseph , In Proper Person, Angola, LA, Defendant/Appellant.

John F. DeRosier , District Attorney, Fourteenth Judicial District, Jonathan Blake , Carla S. Sigler , Karen C. McLellan , Assistant District Attorneys, Lake Charles, LA, for Appellee.

Court composed of SYLVIA R. COOKS, J. DAVID PAINTER, and JAMES T. GENOVESE, Judges.

GENOVESE, Judge.

Defendant, Christopher Henry Joseph, appeals his first degree murder conviction and life sentence, alleging insufficiency of the evidence and excessive sentence. We vacate Defendant's conviction and sentence for first degree murder, render a judgment of conviction on the lessor included responsive offense of second degree murder, and remand the case to the trial court for resentencing.

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