State v. Boyd

PAUL A. BONIN, Judge.

11Following trial by jury, Kendrick Boyd was found guilty of carjacking. See La. R.S. 14:64.2. Counsel filed motions for new trial and for post-verdict judgment of acquittal, but the district court did not rule on the post-trial motions prior to sentencing. Following the sentencing, the prosecution filed habitual offender proceedings against Mr. Boyd, resulting in his adjudication as a second felony offender and a substituted sentence.

Mr. Boyd complains on appeal that the trial judge committed error by failing to excuse for cause a New Orleans police officer who was in…