State v. Bowers

The defendant, Kevin Bowers, was charged with one count of second degree murder for fatally shooting Dajuan Kennedy, a violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1. After trial, the jury returned a guilty verdict of manslaughter, La. R.S. 14:31. Subsequently, Bowers was adjudicated a fourth-felony offender, and the court sentenced him to life imprisonment at hard labor, without the benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. Bowers' motion to reconsider sentence was denied. This appeal followed in which Bowers challenges the sufficiency of the evidence for the verdict of manslaughter. For the…