STATE v. GARDNER

NO. 2016 KA 0192.

204 So.3d 265 (2016)

STATE of Louisiana v. Neely GARDNER.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Judgment Rendered: September 19, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Camille A. Morvant II , District Attorney, Annette M. Fontana , Joseph S. Soignet , Assistant District Attorneys, Thibodaux, Louisiana, Attorneys for Appellee, State of Louisiana.

Mary E. Roper , Baton Rouge, Louisiana Attorney for Appellant, Neely Gardner.

BEFORE: WELCH, CRAIN, AND HOLDRIDGE, JJ.


The defendant, Neely Gardner, was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment at hard labor. We affirm the conviction, but vacate the sentence and remand this matter for resentencing.

FACTS

On June 5, 2014, the nineteen-year-old defendant shot his fifteen-year-old friend, Braxton Bourda, as they...

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