Legal Opinion
State v. Goodley
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 7, 2016No. 16-512PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.
hThe defendant, Christopher Bryant Goodley,1 appeals his conviction of first degree murder, a violation of La.R.S. 14:30. For the following reasons, we affirm his conviction in all respects.
DISCUSSION OF THE RECORD
On January 28, 2015, the State of Louisiana (state) charged the defendant by grand jury indictment with the November 2, 2014 first degree murder of Delsie Williams, his eighty-year-old grandmother. After a four-day trial beginning on February 1, 2016, a jury returned a verdict finding the defendant guilty as charged. Immediately after the jury returned its verdict, the defendant…
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