STATE v. BARNES

No. 13-576.

127 So.3d 1070 (2013)

STATE of Louisiana v. Rodney Ian BARNES.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 11, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward K. Bauman , Louisiana Appellate Project, Lake Charles, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellant, Rodney Ian Barnes.

Van Kyzar , District Attorney — Tenth Judicial District, Charles W. Seaman , Assistant District Attorney, Natchitoches, Louisiana, for Appellee, State of Louisiana.

Court composed of SYLVIA R. COOKS, JIMMIE C. PETERS, and JAMES T. GENOVESE, Judges.


GENOVESE, Judge.

In this criminal case, Defendant, Rodney Ian Barnes, appeals his second degree murder conviction, alleging that the trial court erred in denying his motion for new trial. For the following reasons, we affirm Defendant's conviction.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

During a domestic argument, Defendant shot his girlfriend, Chackawanda Beard, in the presence of her two teenage daughters. She died as a result of the gunshot wound.

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