State v. Johnson

11 Following a jury trial, the defendant, Tyrus Tremaine Johnson, was convicted as charged of second degree murder. The trial court imposed the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. The defendant appeals. We affirm the defendant’s conviction and sentence.

FACTS

On October 23, 2003, the 74-year-old victim, Charley Ferlito, was shot and killed on his front porch. There were no witnesses to the shooting, and no arrests were made at that time.

On August 7, 2008, the defendant went to the Shreveport Police Department. He…