Legal Opinion
State v. Day
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 21, 2018No. 2017 KA 1455PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPenzato, J.
The defendant, Vernell Day, was charged by grand jury indictment with second degree murder, a violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1. He pled not guilty and, following a jury trial, was found guilty as charged. He was sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. The defendant now appeals, designating three counseled assignments of error and one pro se assignment of error. We affirm the conviction and sentence.
FACTS
In August of 2014, the defendant was living at North 28th Street in Baton Rouge with his eight-year-old daughter, D.B., and…
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