Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Steven Wayne HAMILTON
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1990-10-16
Citations: 568 So. 2d 1378
Docket Number: No. KA 89 1820
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Steven Wayne HAMILTON.
Judges: Before SAVOIE, CRAIN and FOIL, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 568
Pages: 1378–1378

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Steven Wayne HAMILTON.
No. KA 89 1820.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.
Oct. 16, 1990.
Mark Rhodes, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houma, for plaintiff and appellee State of La.
Anthony Champagne, Indigent Defender, Houma, for defendant and appellant — Steven W. Hamilton.
Before SAVOIE, CRAIN and FOIL, JJ.

Opinion:
CRAIN, Judge.
Steven Wayne Hamilton was charged by indictment with second degree murder, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30.1. Defendant pled not guilty. After a jury trial he was convicted as charged. Defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. Defendant appealed, urging ten assignments of error. However, appellant did not file a brief with this Court. Therefore, the assigned errors are deemed abandoned. .See Uniform Rules— Courts of Appeal, Rule 2-12.4.
A review of the record for errors patent revealed none. See La.C.Cr.P. art. 920(2). Therefore, defendant's conviction and sentence are affirmed.
CONVICTION AND SENTENCE AFFIRMED.