Legal Opinion
State v. Silva
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 26, 1996No. 96-KA-459PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
|2SOL GOTHARD, Judge.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
On January 18, 1996, after a seven day trial, a twelve member jury by an 11 to 1 vote found Lutgardo “Luke” Silva in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30.1, and guilty of the second degree murder of Bret Kreller. The trial court sentenced defendant to the mandatory term of life imprisonment, without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.
STATEMENT OF FACTS
On the night of November 3, 1994, eighteen-year-old Bret Kreller and his friend Christian Alfonso went to the New Orleans Lakefront to socialize and drink beer. After-wards, they proceeded to…
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