State v. Brown

1GOTHARD, Judge.

Defendant, Joseph “JoJo” F. Brown, was charged by grand jury indictment with second degree murder of Amy Celestine, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30.1. He pled not guilty. After a trial, the jury returned a verdict of guilty as charged. Defendant filed a motion for post verdict judgment of acquittal and a motion for new trial. The trial court denied defendant’s motions. Defendant was thereafter sentenced to the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment at hard labor, without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. Defendant now appeals, urging two assignments of…