Legal Opinion
State v. Jones
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 20, 2013No. 48,458-KAPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLolley, J.
_J_¡This criminal appeal arises from the First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo, State of Louisiana, whereby a jury convicted the defendant, Demarcus Cartez Jones, of second degree murder, a violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1. After the trial court denied Jones’s post-verdict motions for acquittal and new trial, he was sentenced to serve the mandatory term of life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. Jones now appeals his conviction and sentence. For the following reasons, we affirm.
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