Legal Opinion
State v. Fields
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 15, 2009No. 2008-KA-1223PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAUL A. BONIN, Judge.
| ,The defendant, Kenyon Fields, appeals his conviction and sentence for second-degree murder, a violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1. The trial court imposed the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. 1 For the reasons which follow, we affirm his conviction and sentence.
TRIAL COURT PROCEEDINGS
On March 22, 2007, the Orleans Parish grand jury indicted Fields for the capital crime of first degree murder of Darnell Roussell. See La. R.S. 14:30. On March 29, 2007, Fields was arraigned with counsel…
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