STATE v. JONES

No. 2019-KA-0440.

305 So.3d 919 (2020)

STATE of Louisiana v. Nytilex JONES.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

August 5, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon Cannizzaro , District Attorney, Donna Andrieu , Irena Zajickova , DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, ORLEANS PARISH, 619 S. White Street, New Orleans, LA 70119, COUNSEL FOR STATE/APPELLEE.

Sherry Watters , LOUISIANA APPELLATE PROJECT, P. O. Box 58769, New Orleans, LA 70158, Nytilex Jones #431888, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, LA 70712, Barksdale Hortenstine, Jr. , ORLEANS PUBLIC DEFENDERS, 2601 Tulane Avenue, 7th Floor, New Orleans, LA 70119, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT.

(Court composed of Judge Roland L. Belsome, Judge Daniel L. Dysart, Judge Joy Cossich Lobrano).


The defendant, Nytilex Jones ("Defendant"), has appealed his conviction of second-degree murder and the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment at hard labor without the benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. After reviewing the record and applicable law, and for the following reasons, we vacate Defendant...

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