State v. Barrois

| t LOVE, Judge.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

Calvin R. Barrois, Jr., was charged by bill of indictment with second degree murder, a violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1. At his arraignment on February 3, 1999, he pleaded not guilty. However, on January 19, 2000, the day set for trial, he withdrew his earlier plea and entered a plea of guilty to the reduced charge of manslaughter. Barrois was sentenced to twenty-five years at hard labor after a hearing on March 29, 2000. He filed a motion to reconsider the sentence, and after a hearing on June 7, 2000, the motion was denied.

*1275Because there was no trial, the facts…