State v. Manuel

MARVIN, Judge.

Manuel appeals his conviction by jury of 2d degree murder of John Ebarb and assigns three errors, two of which relate to the sufficiency of the evidence to convict and the third to the closing argument of the prosecutor. We affirm.

ASSIGNMENTS 1 & 2

SUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE

The trial court’s denial of Manuel’s motion for a new trial (his first assignment) is not subject to review except for error of law. In this assignment Manuel contends that the guilty verdict was contrary to the law and the evidence. CCrP Arts. 851, 858; State v. Korman, 489 So.2d 1099 (La.App. 1st Cir.1983);…