STATE v. BESSIE

No. 2021 KA 1117.

342 So.3d 17 (2022)

STATE of Louisiana v. Demond BESSIE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Judgment Rendered: April 8, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hillar C. Moore, III , District Attorney, Allison Miller Rutzen , Assistant District Attorney, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Attorneys for Appellee, State of Louisiana.

Gail Home Ray , Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Attorney for Defendant-Appellant, Demond Bessie.

BEFORE: McDONALD, LANIER, AND WOLFE, JJ.


The defendant, Demond Bessie, was charged by grand jury indictment with second degree murder, a violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1, and pled not guilty. After a trial by jury, he was unanimously found guilty as charged. The trial court denied the defendant's motion for new trial. The defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor...

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