State v. Lee

11 This appeal arises from the Fourth Judicial District Court, Ouachita Parish, State of Louisiana. After being charged with second degree murder, the defendant, Reginald James Lee, pled guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 30 years at hard labor. Lee now appeals, arguing that his sentence is excessive. For the following reasons, we affirm the defendant’s conviction and sentence.

Facts

In the early morning hours of July 2, 2007, Lee and his fiancee, Jackie Mitchell, left the Mandalay Club and returned to their house on Greenwood Street in West Monroe, Louisiana, where they lived with…