State v. Chandler

The defendant, Charles Douglas Chandler II, was charged by grand jury indictment with second degree murder, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30.1 (count one), and by bill of information with possession of a firearm or carrying a concealed weapon by a convicted felon, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:95.1 (count two). The defendant pled not guilty on both counts. A jury later found him guilty as charged on both counts. On count one, the trial court granted the defendant's motion for post verdict judgment of acquittal and modified the conviction to guilty of the responsive offense of manslaughter, a…