State v. Williams

ROSEMARY LEDET, Judge.

|,In this criminal case, the defendant, Gerald Williams, appeals his second degree murder conviction and his life sentence. On appeal, Mr. Williams assigns two errors relating to the trial court’s denial of his motion for a mistrial. Because we find his assignments of error unpersuasive and find after a review of the entire record no errors patent, we affirm.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

In October 2008, Mr. Williams was charged by indictment with second degree murder, a violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1; he pled not guilty. In July 2009, the trial court denied the defense’s motion…