Legal Opinion
State v. Freeman
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 5, 1995No. CR94-1132PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
liAMY, Judge.
On May 23, 1993, Ann Chapman died as a result of manual strangulation. On May 26, 1993, defendant, Michael Freeman confessed to killing Ms. Chapman. Defendant was indicted with one count of second degree murder on July 22, 1993. On June 14, 1994, defendant waived his right to trial by jury and his bench trial commenced. The trial court found defendant guilty of second degree murder on June 17, 1994. After defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence, he timely perfected this appeal.
Defendant urges the following…
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