State v. Adams

SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, Judge.

|20n January 8, 2009, the Jefferson Parish Grand Jury indicted defendant, Lon Adams, on one count of second degree murder, in violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1, for the homicide of his father, Leroy Adams, Sr. Trial before a twelve-person jury commenced on September 21, 2009. After five days of testimony and evidence, the unanimous jury found defendant guilty of the responsive verdict of manslaughter, a violation of La. R.S. 14:31. On December 11, 2009, the trial judge sentenced defendant to imprisonment at hard labor for 20 years.

Facts

In 2005, like many homes in the…