A jury found Justin Edward Patterson guilty Thursday of manslaughter in the May 2013 shooting death of Mikki Jay Dauntain in Morgan City. This was the second time Patterson had been on trial in the case after the first trial ended in a mistrial.
The six-man, six-woman jury took about 2½ hours to reach a verdict at about 2:30 p.m. Jurors also found Patterson guilty of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in connection with Dauntain’s death.
Patterson, 28, of Morgan City, was on trial on a charge of second-degree murder, but the jury found him guilty of the ...