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STATE v. SYLVESTER

21-441.

330 So.3d 1139 (2021)

STATE of Louisiana v. Dewayne SYLVESTER.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 15, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Honorable Stephen C. Dwight , 14th JDC District Attorney, P. O. Box 3206, Lake Charles, LA 70602, (337) 437-3400, COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE: State of Louisiana.

Douglas Lee Harville Louisiana, Appellate Project, P. O. Box 52988, Shreveport, LA 71135, (318) 222-1700, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT: Dewayne Sylvester.

John E. Turner , Assistant District Attorney 14th JDC, P. O. Box 3206, Lake Charles, LA 70602, (337) 437-3400, COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE: State of Louisiana.

Court composed of Elizabeth A. Pickett, Jonathan W. Perry, and Sharon Darville Wilson, Judges.

Defendant, Dewayne Sylvester, was convicted by a non-unanimous jury of attempted second degree murder. Mr. Sylvester moved for a new trial based on the Supreme Court's decision in Ramos v. Louisiana, 590 U.S. ___, 140 S.Ct. 1390, 206 L.Ed.2d 583 (2020). The trial court denied the motion for new trial, and Mr. Sylvester appeals...

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