Legal Opinion
State v. Woods
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 30, 2002No. 2001-KA-1995PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
JjMIRIAM G. WALTZER, Judge.
Defendant, Damian Woods, appeals his conviction and sentence for manslaughter.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Woods was charged by grand jury indictment on 14 January 1999 with second degree murder, a violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1. Defendant pled not guilty at his 20 January 1999 arraignment. The court denied defendant’s motion to suppress on 19 February 1999. On 3 June 1999 the trial court found defendant competent to proceed. On 6 December 1999 the trial court declared a mistrial after the jury failed to reach a verdict. On 2 February 2000 at the conclusion of a two-day…
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