State v. Batiste

EZELL, Judge.

| ^though the Lafayette Parish Grand Jury originally indicted Defendant, David Markale Batiste a/k/a David M. Batiste, with first degree murder, the State amended the charge to one count of second degree murder. In accordance with a plea agreement, Defendant pled guilty to the further-amended charge of manslaughter, in violation of La. R.S. 14:31, on June 20, 2008.

On November 10, 2008, the sentencing court ordered Defendant to serve thirty- five years at hard labor without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. The district court then designated Defendant’s…