State v. Weldon

GENOVESE, Judge.

Lin this criminal case, Defendant, Billy J. Weldon, was convicted by a jury of the responsive verdict of manslaughter. He only appeals his sentence of thirty-eight years at hard labor, seven years of which were suspended with supervised probation, alleging an excessive sentence. For the reasons that follow, we affirm Defendant’s sentence.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On Sunday, August 23, 2009, Defendant and Kimberly Stephens, along with Defendant’s infant son, traveled to a vacant lot off Granberry Road just south of DeR-idder, Louisiana. At that location, Defendant used…