Legal Opinion
State v. Hyman
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 9, 2010No. 09-KA-409PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, Judge.
|2On September 26, 2006, the Jefferson Parish Grand Jury indicted defendant, Alvin C. Hyman, on one count of second degree murder, in violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1. Defendant pled not guilty at arraignment.
Defendant was tried by a twelve-person jury on January 13, 14, and 15, 2009. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of the lesser-included charge of manslaughter, a violation of La. R.S. 14:31. On March 6, 2009, the trial court sentenced defendant to 40 years at hard labor. Defendant filed a motion to reconsider sentence, which the court denied. Thereafter, defendant…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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