Legal Opinion
State v. Free
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 20, 2013No. 48,260-KAPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGarrett, J.
_JjThe defendant, Harold L. Free, was convicted as charged of second degree murder in the shooting death of his 21-year-old stepson. He was sentenced to the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. We affirm the defendant’s conviction and sentence.
FACTS
On the night of August 2, 2010, the victim, Terry Johniken, Jr. (“T.J.”), was staying in the Shreveport mobile home where his mother, Kathy Free, and her husband, the defendant, resided. Due to an escalating verbal confrontation between the men, Mrs. Free placed a call to the 911…
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