State of Louisiana v. Shaquille Wonyae Bradford

── State of Louisiana v. Shaquille Wonyae Bradford ── Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal Date: May 20, 2026 Author: PITMAN Category: General Judgment rendered May 20, 2026. Application for rehearing may be filed within the delay allowed by Art. 922, La. C. Cr. P. No. 56,768-KA COURT OF APPEAL SECOND CIRCUIT STATE OF LOUISIANA ***** STATE OF LOUISIANA Appellee versus SHAQUILLE WONYAE Appellant BRADFORD ***** Appealed from the First Judicial District Court for the Parish of Caddo, Louisiana Trial Court No. 403,631 Honorable Christopher T. Victory, Judge ***** LOUISIANA APPEALS AND WRIT Counsel for Appellant SERVICE By: Remy V. Starns Summer Vicknair JAMES E. STEWART, SR. Counsel for Appellee District Attorney COURTNEY N. RAY ALEXANDRA L. PORUBSKY Assistant District Attorneys ***** Before PITMAN, STONE, and STEPHENS, JJ. PITMAN, C. J. Defendant Shaquille Wonyae Bradford was convicted by a jury of aggravated second degree battery and then was adjudicated a second felony offender. He was sentenced to 25 years at hard labor without benefit of probation or suspension of sentence. Defendant appeals his conviction and sentence. For the following reasons, we affirm with instructions. FACTS In September 2024, Defendant was charged with possession of a firearm or carrying a concealed weapon by a convicted felon, a violation of La. R.S. 14:95.1, and aggravated second degree battery, a violation of La. R.S. 14:34.7, in that he committed a battery with a dangerous weapon inflicting serious bodily injury upon the person of Olivia Hill in August 2024 in Caddo Parish. A jury trial was held at which the following evidence was adduced. Officers with the Shreveport Police Department (“SPD”) were dispatched to the 1800 block of Acorn Street on the night of August 15, 2024, in response to an assault with a firearm. Cpl. Roderick Carter testified that he went to the scene around midnight and saw three houses approximately ten feet apart from each other. When he arrived, the victim, later identified as Olivia Hill, ran out of the house telling the police to hurry and that “he was inside the house.” Cpl. Carter did not initially observe any of Hill’s injuries but did see dark-colored stains, which appeared to be blood, on her white shirt. Her attacker, later identified in open court as Defendant, emerged from the house that Hill had just left and fled on foot. Cpl. Carter observed the attacker holding a firearm in the air in his left hand as he ran away. Cpl. Carter and other officers gave chase and arrested Defendant shortly thereafter. Defendant did not have the firearm in his possession when he was apprehended, so Cpl. Carter instructed other officers to search for it. A firearm was located and seized as evidence by Officer Marquis Loveless, who had also seen Hill run out of her house followed closely by Defendant, who was holding the firearm in his left hand. The firearm was located along the driveway between the houses at 1800 and 1804 Acorn Street. Olivia Hill testified that Defendant had come to her house the night before and asked her to have sex with him, which she refused. The next night, she heard a commotion outside her father’s house; and, when she went out, she saw Defendant pointing a gun at her brother. She stated she asked what was going on, and Defendant asked her to light his cigarette. When she obliged, he struck her on the back of the head with