STATE v. EFFERSON

No. 52,306-KA.

259 So.3d 1153 (2018)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee v. McKinley EFFERSON, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Judgment rendered November 14, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LOUISIANA APPELLATE PROJECT By: Peggy J. Sullivan Counsel for Appellant.

JAMES E. STEWART, SR. , District Attorney, TOMMY JAN JOHNSON , MONIQUE YVETTE METOYER , MEKISHA SMITH CREAL , Assistant District Attorneys, Counsel for Appellee.

Before GARRETT, STEPHENS, and McCALLUM, JJ.


McKinley Efferson (the "defendant") was charged with second degree murder, but was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 36 years' imprisonment at hard labor. He now appeals his sentence and conviction and urges two assignments of error: (1) the trial court erred in excluding evidence of the victim's "dangerous character" pursuant...

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