STATE v. JONES

No. 12-KA-750.

119 So.3d 250 (2013)

STATE of Louisiana v. Samuel JONES.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

May 16, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Connick, Jr. , District Attorney, Terry M. Boudreaux , Gail D. Schlosser , Sunny D. Funk , David M. Hufft , Gretna, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Bruce G. Whittaker , Attorney at Law, Louisiana Appellate Project, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellant.

Panel composed of Judges SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, Jude G. GRAVOIS, and ROBERT M. MURPHY.


JUDE G. GRAVOIS, Judge.

Defendant, Samuel Jones, was convicted of the second degree murder of Donald Green and of being a felon in possession of a firearm. On appeal, he argues that the evidence was insufficient to convict him of second degree murder because he did not act alone. He also argues that his sentences for the two convictions are excessive in that the trial court ordered them to be served consecutively when they arose out of one course of conduct. For the...

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