Shreveport child killer's life sentence upheld by appellate court

SHREVEPORT, La. -- The life sentence of Kenmiccael Dano Ray, 26, convicted in June 2024 of second-degree murder for the May 1, 2022 gunshot slaying of 13-year-old Shreveporter Landry Anglin, has been affirmed by the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal. In a decision rendered Wednesday, Justices Jeff Cox, James M. Stephens and Jefferson R. Thompson upheld Ray's conviction and application of the mandatory life-without-parole sentence imposed by District Judge Ramona Emanuel. The justices rejected Ray's argument that the Caddo court erred in three ways. Ray argued the state failed to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt that he did not act in self defense, that the court erred in not instructing the jury about his self-defense claim, and that the record appears to indica