State V. Koon

The defendant, James Koon, was indicted by a Ouachita Parish grand jury for second degree murder, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30.1. After a jury trial, the defendant was convicted as charged and sentenced to serve life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. The defendant urges several assignments of error, including allegations that the evidence was insufficient to support a verdict, the sentence is excessive and the trial Judge erred in allowing inadmissible evidence to be presented to the jury. For the following reasons, we affirm the defendant's conviction and sentence.