Legal Opinion
State v. Scott
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 18, 2009No. 2009-KA-0138PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROLAND L. BELSOME, Judge.
hThe defendant, Samuel Scott, was indicted on two counts of second-degree murder. 1 He pled not guilty to both counts at his arraignment. The two counts were severed; the court found probable cause; and it denied a motion to suppress identification with regard to Count One.
Trial commenced on Count One and the jury returned a verdict of guilty to the lesser included offense of manslaughter. The defendant was sentenced to forty years at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence.
Trial Testimony
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