State v. Lynn

The defendant, Robert Earl Lynn, was originally charged with second degree murder. The jury convicted him of manslaughter, and he was sentenced, as a second felony offender, to 40 years at hard labor, without benefit of probation or suspension of sentence. He appeals, asserting three assignments of error through counsel and one pro se assignment of error. For the reasons assigned below, we affirm the defendant's conviction and sentence.

FACTS

The defendant's manslaughter conviction arises from an attempted armed robbery that went awry. The shooting victim, William David Carroll, was the…