STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 82-KA-0248.

423 So.2d 1048 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana v. Lenon WILLIAMS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied January 7, 1983.

Reasons concurring in Denial of Rehearing February 9, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie Brown, Dist. Atty., Joseph Lotwick, Kay Kirkpatrick, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Jeffrey Hollingsworth, Asst. Public Defender, for defendant-appellant.


DIXON, Chief Justice.*

Defendant Lenon Williams was charged with second degree murder in violation of R.S. 14:30.1,1 found guilty as charged and sentenced to life imprisonment without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence. Defendant appeals, contending the state in this circumstantial evidence case failed to exclude every reasonable hypothesis of innocence.

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