STATE v. SORIANO

No. 15-1006.

192 So.3d 899 (2016)

STATE of Louisiana v. Soamer Notier Rivera SORIANO a/k/a Soamer N. Rivera-Soriano a/k/a Soamer R. Soriano.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 6, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith A. Stutes , District Attorney, Ronald E. Dauterive , Assistant District Attorney, Lafayette, LA, for Appellee, State of Louisiana.

Edward K. Bauman , Louisiana Appellate Project, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Soamer Notier Rivera Soriano.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, MARC T. AMY, and PHYLLIS M. KEATY, Judges.


The State of Louisiana charged the defendant with second degree murder, alleging that the defendant fatally stabbed the victim. After a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to forty years imprisonment at hard labor. The defendant appeals, asserting that his sentence is excessive. For the following reasons...

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