State v. Toups

KEATY, Judge.

11 Defendant, Kyle James Toups, was indicted for negligent homicide, a violation of La.R.S. 14:32. After a jury trial, Defendant was found guilty-as charged. Defendant was sentenced on July 15, 2016, to two years imprisonment at hard labpr, with credit for time served, and ordered to pay restitution to the victim’s family in the amount of six thousand dollars. Defendant filed a Motion to Reconsider Sentence which was denied without a hearing.

Defendant has perfected a timely appeal wherein he claims that the State did not negate his self-defense claim, thereby failing to prove…