State v. Morris
Louisiana Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the CourtGaidry, J.
|?iThe defendant, Lezric Cardell Morris, was charged by grand jury indictment with one count of second degree murder, a violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1. He pleaded not guilty. Following a jury trial, he was found guilty as charged. He filed motions for a new trial, a postverdict judgment of acquittal, and in arrest of judgment, but his motions were denied. Defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. He now appeals, designating the following two assignments of error:
1. The jury did not act as a reasonable one in…
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