State v. Robinson

EDWARDS, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of second degree murder, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30.1, and sentenced to life imprisonment without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. He appeals, alleging that the trial court erred in several eviden-tiary rulings, and by denying his post-trial motions.

On December 28, 1985, the victim, his twin brother, and a friend, went to a Shell service station to purchase some beer. When the clerk refused to sell them the beer without proof that they were of legal age, defendant, who was inside the station at the time, agreed to make the…