Legal Opinion
State v. Thomas
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 22, 1999No. 99-K-1658PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
|, ARMSTRONG, Judge.
This case is before us on the defendant’s application for writs from the trial court’s denial of his application for post-conviction relief. We affirm.
The defendant and two codefend-ants/brothers, Stanley Thomas and John Thomas, were charged with first degree murder. A jury found Michael Thomas guilty of second degree murder, a violation of R.S. 14:30.1. Stanley Thomas and John Thomas were found guilty of manslaughter, violations of R.S. 14:31. The trial court sentenced Michael Thomas to life imprisonment at hard labor without the benefit of probation, parole, or…
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