Legal Opinion
State v. Cook
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 25, 2012No. 46,843-KAPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLolley, J.
11 Adrian Cook was convicted by a unanimous 12-person jury for the second degree murder of Derodrick Randle, a violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1. After the trial court denied Cook’s post-verdict motions for acquittal and new trial, he was sentenced to serve the mandatory term of life at hard labor without parole. Cook appealed his sentence and conviction, which we affirm for the following reasons.
Facts
The following evidence was adduced at Cook’s trial. On July 2, 2009, a resident of the Kings Manor Apartments in Shreveport, Louisiana called police and reported hearing gunshots. Shreveport Police…
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