Legal Opinion
State v. Madrid
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 11, 2012No. 12-KA-410PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
FREDERICKA HOMBERG WICKER, Judge.
| gDefendant, Oscar Madrid, was convicted of second degree murder and cruelty to a juvenile. Defendant argues that: the evidence supported a conviction for manslaughter rather than second degree murder; the trial court erred by not suppressing his statement; and the trial court erred by not declaring a mistrial when unproven allegations of other crimes were presented to the jury. Upon review of the record and the law, we find that the evidence was sufficient to support a conviction of second degree murder and that the trial court did not err by refusing to…
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