State v. Dyson

|aThe defendant, Essence Dyson, was charged by grand jury indictment with second degree murder (count one), a violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1, and attempted second degree murder (count two), a violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1 and La. R.S. 14:27. The defendant pled .not guilty on both counts. After a trial by jury, she was found guilty as charged on count one, and guilty of the responsive offense of aggravated battery, a violation of La. R.S. 14:34, on count two.1 The trial court denied the defendant’s motion for postverdict judgment of acquittal and motion for new trial. She was sentenced to life…