Legal Opinion
State v. Thornton
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 29, 2003No. 36,757-KAPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
836 So.2d 1235 (2003)
STATE of Louisiana, Appellee,
v.
Melvin THORNTON, Appellant.
No. 36,757-KA.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.
January 29, 2003.
Louisiana Appellate Project, by J. Wilson Rambo, Paula C. Marx, Lafayette, for Appellant.
Richard Ieyoub, Attorney General, Robert W. Levy, District Attorney, Clifford R. Strider, III, Assistant District Attorney, for Appellee.
Before PEATROSS, KOSTELKA and HARRISON (Pro Tempore), JJ.
KOSTELKA, J.
Melvin Thornton ("Thornton") was convicted as charged of second degree murder, La. R.S. 14:30.1, and was sentenced to mandatory life imprisonment at…
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