Legal Opinion
State v. Nix
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 18, 2008No. 2007-KA-1431PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVID S. GORBATY, Judge.
h Louis Nix appeals his convictions for manslaughter and attempted second degree murder and sentences of forty years and fifty years, respectively. For the following reasons, we affirm the convictions and sentences.
PROCEDURAL HISTORY:
On July 5, 2006, Louis Nix was indicted for the second degree murder of Gary McGlothen and the attempted second degree murder of Carl Jiminez. Nix filed a motion to sever counts, which was denied. At the close of a two-day trial, a twelve-person jury found Nix guilty of the responsive verdict of manslaughter and guilty as charged as to the…
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