Legal Opinion
State v. Jones
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 20, 2015No. 49,830-KAPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLolley, J.
11 This criminal appeal arises from the First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo, State of Louisiana, whereby a jury convicted the defendant, Paul Anthony Jones, of second degree murder, a violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1. He was sentenced to serve 60 years at hard labor without benefit of parole. After the trial court denied Jones’s motion to reconsider sentence, he now appeals. For the following reasons, we affirm his conviction and sentence.
Facts
On April 13, 2009, Paul Anthony Jones was involved in an argument that occurred between rival gangs of young men at the Canaan Village…
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