STATE v. FOX

No. 15-692.

184 So.3d 886 (2016)

STATE of Louisiana v. Dwane Edward FOX.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 3, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. DeRosier , District Attorney, Karen C. McLellan , Assistant District Attorney, Christy Rhoades May , Assistant District Attorney, Bobby L. Holmes , Assistant District Attorney, Lake Charles, LA, for Appellee, State of Louisiana.

Annette Fuller Roach , Louisiana Appellate Project, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Dwane Edward Fox.

Dwane Edward Fox, Allen Correctional Center, Kinder, LA, In Proper Person.

Court composed of MARC T. AMY, BILLY HOWARD EZELL, and DAVID KENT SAVOIE, Judges.


The defendant was charged with second degree murder in connection with the death of Mychel Cleaver. A jury found the defendant guilty of manslaughter, and the trial court sentenced the defendant to forty years at hard labor with credit for time served. The defendant appeals. For the following reasons, we affirm, with instructions.

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