Legal Opinion

State v. Carmouche

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided April 8, 2013No. 12-1052PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GENOVESE, Judge.

Lin this criminal case, by virtue of a responsive verdict, a jury found Defendant, Jamal James Carmouche, guilty of manslaughter. Defendant appeals, alleging insufficiency of the evidence and trial court error in instructing the jury regarding flight. For the following reasons, we affirm Defendant’s conviction.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On September 18, 2010, the victim in this case, Marcus Despanie, was shot and killed. Defendant was indicted for the second degree murder of Mr. Despanie. Following a trial by jury, Defendant was found guilty of the responsive verdict of…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. State v. MussallSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1988
  3. State v. LombardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1986
  4. State Ex Rel. Elaire v. BlackburnSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  5. State v. SnyderSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1999

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3Cited by7 opinions

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  4. State of Louisiana v. Major Cartrell JonesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2018
  5. State v. BenchLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2018

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