STATE v. ROBERTSON

No. KA 13-1234.

135 So.3d 1275 (2014)

STATE of Louisiana v. Willie James ROBERTSON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

April 2, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Harson , District Attorney, Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Roger P. Hamilton, Jr. , Assistant District Attorney, Lafayette, LA, for Appellee, State of Louisiana.

Edward John Marquet , Louisiana Appellate Project, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Willie James Robertson.

Court composed of JIMMIE C. PETERS, BILLY HOWARD EZELL, and PHYLLIS M. KEATY, Judges.


EZELL, Judge.

Defendant, Willie James Robertson, was indicted in 2012 for the October 6, 1999, second degree murder of Irene Schoops. A jury trial commenced on May 29, 2013, and on May 30, the jury found Defendant guilty of manslaughter, a violation of La.R.S. 14:31. Defendant was then sentenced on September 26, 2013, to forty years imprisonment without the benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence but with credit for time served.

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