STATE v. SMART

No. 52,208-KA.

254 So.3d 28 (2018)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee v. Darrius SMART, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Judgment rendered August 15, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LOUISIANA APPELLATE PROJECT By: Carey J. Ellis, III , Counsel for Appellant.

DARRIUS SMART, Pro Se.

GARY V. EVANS , Mansfield, District Attorney, Counsel for Appellee.

KENNETH P. HAINES , Shreveport, HUGO A. HOLLAND, JR. , LEA R. HALL, JR. , Assistant District Attorneys.

Before BROWN, STONE, and COX, JJ.


Defendant, Darrius Smart, was indicted by a grand jury for the second degree murder of Kirby Johnson ("Johnson"). Defendant waived a jury trial and, after a bench trial, was convicted of the lesser responsive verdict of manslaughter. The trial court sentenced Defendant to 40 years at hard labor with credit for time served. On appeal...

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