State v. Matthews

CARTER, Judge.

By writ, No. 84-K-2083, 464 So.2d 298, the Louisiana Supreme Court remanded this case to this Court for reconsideration setting forth that the applicable standard for our review is “whether a rational fact-finder, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, could have found beyond a reasonable doubt that the homicide was not committed in self-defense or in defense of others. Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 99 S.Ct. 2781 [61 L.Ed.2d 560] (1979); State v. Faulkner, 441 So.2d 721 (La.1983); State v. Lynch, supra.” 1

Robert Matthews was charged by…