STATE v. DAVIS

No. 81-KA-0994.

411 So.2d 2 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana v. Ernest DAVIS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied April 5, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, John H. Craft, David J. Cortes, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Clyde D. Merritt of Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.


SAVOIE*, Justice ad hoc.

An Orleans Parish Grand Jury returned a true bill of indictment against Ernest Davis, the defendant herein, for the second degree murder of Kathryn Sewell, on January 9, 1980, in violation of La.R.S. 14:30.1. The defendant stood mute to the charge and the trial court entered a plea of not guilty thereto. Defense counsel then stated that the defendant would exercise his right to a jury trial. On September 29, 1980...

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