STATE v. MORGAN

No. 2017-KA-0588.

244 So.3d 568 (2018)

STATE of Louisiana v. Joseph MORGAN.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 16, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph Morgan , Louisiana State Penitentiary, General Delivery, Angola, LA 70712 Katherine M. Franks , LOUISIANA APPELLATE PROJECT, P.O. Box 220, Madisonville, LA 70447 COUNSEL FOR APPELLANT.

Leon Cannizzaro , DISTRICT ATTORNEY, Donna Andrieu , J. Taylor Gray , Kyle Daly , Michael Danon , ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ORLEANS PARISH, 619 S. White Street, New Orleans, LA 70119 COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE.

(Court composed of Judge Roland L. Belsome, Judge Sandra Cabrina Jenkins, Judge Regina Bartholomew Woods).


The Defendant, Joseph Morgan, seeks review of his second degree murder conviction and sentence. For the following reasons, we affirm the conviction; vacate the sentence and remand the case for re-sentencing.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

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