STATE v. HEARD

18-236.

309 So.3d 802 (2020)

STATE of Louisiana v. Robert Lee HEARD, Jr.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 16, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paula C. Marx , Louisiana Appellate Project, Post Office Box 82389, Lafayette, Louisiana 70598-2389, (337) 991-9757, Counsel for Defendant/Appellant: Robert Lee Heard, Jr.

Earl B. Taylor , District Attorney, Jennifer M. Ardoin , Assistant District Attorney, Post Office Drawer 1968, Opelousas, Louisiana 70571, (337) 948-0551, Counsel for Appellee: State of Louisiana.

Court composed of Billy Howard Ezell, Phyllis M. Keaty, and Van H. Kyzar, Judges.


On November 20, 2012, Defendant, Robert Lee Heard, Jr., was charged by grand jury indictment with the first degree murder of his wife, Demetra Doyle, in violation of La.R.S. 14:30. On August 1, 2017, the State amended the indictment to charge Defendant with second degree murder, in violation of La.R.S. 14:30.1. On August 17, 2017,...

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