State v. Thompson

CIACCIO, Judge.

Defendant Don Thompson was charged with the unlawful killing of Lisa Chaney. La. R.S. 14:31. He was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to serve 18 years at hard labor in the custody of the Department of Corrections. Thompson appeals his conviction and sentence relying on one assignment of error. We reverse the conviction and sentence and remand for a new trial.

The record reveals these facts:

On June 8, 1986 Officer Madelyne Baptiste and Joseph Williams responded to a call of a shooting in an apartment in the Desire Project.

Upon entering the apartment the policemen…