State v. Mincey

THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge.

liThe Defendant, Robert Elijah Lamar Mincey, a/k/a Robert Bryant, appeals his jury conviction for manslaughter on the basis that the evidence was insufficient to disprove his claim of self-defense. We affirm.

FACTS

In September of 2006, the victim, Jerome Dejean, was at a nightclub called “Club 69” on Highway 90 in Calcasieu Parish. His girlfriend, Ashley Garcia, and two male friends, Kevin “Sandez” Doucet and Phillip “Smurf’ Jones were also there. Defendant was at the same nightclub with his sister, Nashayla Norman, and his mother, Tracey Bryant. The Defendant…