State v. Lewis

DOUCET, Judge.

Defendant, Warren Joseph Lewis, was convicted of second-degree murder, a violation of La.R.S. 14:30.1, and given the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. Defendant appealed. This court conditionally affirmed the conviction, but ordered the trial court to conduct an in camera inspection of statements of witnesses who did not testify at defendant's trial. State v. Lewis, 560 So.2d 700 (La.App. 3rd Cir.1990). After reviewing these statements, the trial court was to decide whether a new trial should be…