State v. Ramirez

SANDRA CABRINA JENKINS, Judge.

hThe defendant, Jose Del Carmen Ramirez, appeals his conviction of second-degree murder, a violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1. In the three assignments of error presented to this Court on appeal, the defendant raises the issues of sufficiency of evidence to support conviction, the admission of hearsay evidence, and the denial of the defendant’s motion to record simultaneous interpretations. For the following reasons, we affirm the defendant’s conviction.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On the evening of May 1, 2009, the victim, Irma Sanchez, and her husband and two…