State v. Anderson

SAVOIE, Judge.

*46On January 28, 2015, a grand jury indicted Defendant Samuel Brent Anderson for first degree murder, a violation of La.R.S.14:30, and armed robbery, a violation of La.R.S. 14:64. After various pretrial motions and hearings, the parties selected a jury on March 28, 2016. The jury heard evidence and argument on March 29 through April 1 and ultimately found Defendant guilty as charged on both counts. On July 28, the trial court sentenced Defendant to serve life in prison for the first degree murder conviction, with a consecutive fifty-year term for the armed robbery conviction.

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