Legal Opinion
State v. Gardner
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided September 19, 2016No. 2016 KA 0192PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrain, J.
|2The defendant, Neely Gardner, was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment at hard labor. We affirm the conviction, but vacate the sentence and remand this mhtter'for resentencing.
FACTS
On June 5, 2014, the nineteen-year-old defendant shot his fifteen-year-old friend, Braxton Bourda, as they were hanging out with others in front of an abandoned house in Larose. The victim died of the single gunshot to the head. The defendant admitted that he fired the gun, but claimed that he did not deliberately point the gun at the *267victim, and that the shooting was'accidental.
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2Cases cited14 opinions
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- State v. CaptvilleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
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- State v. CallowaySupreme Court of Louisiana · 2009
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