Legal Opinion
State v. Jones
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 14, 2011No. 46,758-KA, 46,759-KAPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
11Willie Carl Jones Jr. appeals his conviction on two counts of second degree murder and his consecutive sentences of life at hard labor without benefits. For the reasons expressed, we affirm.
Factual Background
The first victim, Mark Lioy, was a laborer who was working for Ocean Reef Pools in Bossier City. On Friday, March 20, 2009, he got a paycheck for $600, his biggest weekly paycheck ever. Early that afternoon someone gave him a ride to Cas-cio’s Market on Stoner Ave. in Shreveport, where he usually cashed his paychecks. A friend of Lioy’s, Lorrie Lee Phillips, testified that she often met…
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