State v. Motley

I1BROWN, G J.

A jury found defendant, Franklin D. Motley, guilty of second degree murder. Defendant has appealed his conviction and mandatory life sentence. We affirm.

Factual Background

On March 25, 2002, at 6:20 p.m., a Shreveport police officer responded to 503 Stoner Avenue, an abandoned house used by homeless men. The police department had received a hang-up call about a man being beaten at the Stoner address. The officer found Jerry Wyatt alive, but unconscious and badly beaten, in a front room of the house. The victim was removed to the LSU Medical Center where he later died. Wyatt, who…