Legal Opinion

State v. May

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided April 26, 1995No. 94-KA-1205PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

|1ANDRIEU, Judge.

On November 18, 1993, appellant James May was indicted for the second degree murder of Michael Ranson. He was arraigned on November 22 and pleaded not guilty. On February 23, 1994, a twelve-member jury found him guilty as charged. His motion for new trial was filed and denied on April 11, 1994; on that date, he was sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. On appeal, May raises two assignments of error. We affirm.

Just before midnight on October 3, 1993, Michael Ranson was shot to death at the corner of St.…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. State v. VessellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
  2. State v. WhiteSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1963
  3. State v. DeboueLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1986
  4. State v. TaylorLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1994
  5. State v. CorleySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1994

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State v. AlridgeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2018
  2. State v. GaubertLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2015
  3. State v. LabostrieLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1997

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