State v. Walker

| .MOORE, J.

Marquette Walker appeals his conviction of second degree murder and sentence of life in prison at hard labor without benefits. By three assignments of error he contends the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction and that the mandatory sentence is excessive. We affirm.

Factual Background

On the evening of October 16, 2001, a motorist noticed a body lying on the side of San Jacinto Street in Shreveport’s Wer-ner Park neighborhood. She called 911; paramedics discovered the victim, a white male in his late 20s, with a gunshot wound to the left side of his face. The victim…