State v. Rubin

I THIBODEAUX, Judge.

The defendant, Russell Ross Rubin, was convicted of second degree murder on April 24, 1994. He appealed, and this court granted a new trial because of erroneously-admitted hearsay evidence. State v. Rubin, 94-982 (La.App. 3 Cir. 2/8/95); 649 So.2d 1240, writ denied, 95-1135 (La.10/13/95); 661 So.2d 494. (“RubinI”).

Rubin’s second trial concluded on January 25, 1996; the jury found him guilty of second degree murder. The trial court denied his motion for post-verdict ^judgment of acquittal. The district court subsequently sentenced him to life imprisonment without benefit of…