Legal Opinion
State v. Crossley
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 26, 2013No. 48,149-KAPublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGarrett, J.
| ¡The defendant, Roderick Crossley, was convicted as charged of two counts of second degree murder in violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1, following a two-and-one-half-week jury trial. The trial court sentenced him to serve concurrent terms of life imprisonment without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. We affirm the defendant’s convictions and sentences.
FACTS
Shortly after midnight on September 23, 2007, Tracy Edmonds and her boyfriend, Clinton Long, were shot in their home in Bastrop, Louisiana, by an intruder. Ms. Edmonds, who was in her bedroom, was shot two times and died…
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