State v. Byles

UCANNELLA, Judge.

Defendant, Eudis D. Byles, appeals from his conviction for second degree murder and sentence to life imprisonment without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. For the reasons which follow, we affirm the conviction and sentence, as amended, and remand.

On October 25, 1992, shortly before noon, Deputy Donald Spell of the Jefferson Parish Sheriffs Office responded to a 911 call in which the caller reported that his neighbor’s door was open. Upon arrival at the residence on MacArthur Avenue in Harvey, Louisiana, Deputy Spell found the front door open with a red…