11/14/84 State of Louisiana v. Wayne Williams
November 14, 1984
STATE OF LOUISIANA
v.
WAYNE WILLIAMS PUBLIC DOMAIN CITE: STATE
v.
WILLIAMS , 1872 (LA. APP. 4 CIR. 11/14/84); 460 SO. 2D 2
Before turning to defendant's assignments of error, we have reviewed the documents in the record and the 150 page transcript of the jury trial. We find no errors patent on the face of the record. Moreover, having viewed the evidence in the light most favorable to the State, we conclude that there was sufficient evidence for the jury to have found the defendant guilty beyond a doubt of every element of the offense. State v. Raymo, 419 So.2d 858 (La. 1982). In this circumstantial evidence case, the record sufficiently excludes every reasonable hypothesis of defendant's innocence. LSA-R.S. 15:438; Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 99 S. Ct. 2781, 61 L. Ed. 2d 560 (1979); State v. Wright, 445 So.2d 1198 (La. 1984).
COURT OF APPEAL OF LOUISIANA, FOURTH CIRCUIT
AN APPEAL FROM THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT, FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS NO. 294-592, SECTION "H" HONORABLE JAMES McKAY JUDGE. 1984.LA.2255
APPELLATE PANEL:
Court composed of Judges James C. Gulotta, Patrick M. Schott and Charles R. Ward
DECISION OF THE COURT DELIVERED BY THE HONORABLE JUDGE GULOTTA, Defendant appeals his conviction and twelve year sentence (with credit for time served) for manslaughter, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:31. We affirm.
Although defendant has filed six assignments of error, he characterizes four of them in his brief to be "without merit" or "not arguable". We therefore consider those assignments as waived. Because the remaining two assignments substantially deal with the same issue, we consider them together as one.
In essence, defendant complains the trial court erred in dismissing a juror for cause during the trial and substituting an alternate ...
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