STATE v. GASKIN

No. 81-KA-1629.

412 So.2d 1007 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana v. Allen Keith GASKIN.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 5, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Henry N. Brown, Jr., Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

D. G. Tyler, and Tommy J. Johnson, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.


MARCUS, Justice.

Allen Gaskin, James Earl Thomley, Jr. and Stephen Scott were charged by the grand jury in the same indictment with the first degree murder of Virginia Smith in violation of La.R.S. 14:30. The trial judge granted Scott's motion for severance and the prosecution proceeded against Thomley and Gaskin. After trial by jury, defendants were found guilty as charged. After a sentencing hearing before the same jury that determined the issue of guilt, the jury...

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