Legal Opinion
State v. Deweese
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 30, 2013No. 13-KA-293PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT M. MURPHY, Judge.
1 ¡^Defendant, Troy W. Deweese, Jr., appeals his conviction and sentence for attempted manslaughter of Gavin Ratcliff in violation of La. R.S. 14:27 and 14:31. For the reasons that follow, we affirm defendant’s conviction and sentence. Defendant’s application for post-conviction relief, filed in this Court on August 27, 2013 during the pendency of this appeal, is denied as premature, as defendant must first exhaust whatever appellate rights he has. La. C.Cr.P. art. 924.1.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On October 24, 2010, the victim, Gavin Ratcliff, a Minnesota resident,…
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