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STATE v. POINDEXTER

No. 43058.

92 So.2d 390 (1956)

231 La. 630

STATE of Louisiana v. James POINDEXTER.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied January 21, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam J. D'Amico, Baton Rouge, Leon A. Picou, Jr., St. Francisville, for defendant-appellant.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richard Kilbourne, Dist. Atty., Clinton, for appellee.

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

From conviction of the murder of John H. Green and sentence to death, James Poindexter has appealed.

The accused Poindexter and the deceased Green were both inmates of the Louisiana State Penitentiary and as trusty guards carried arms. In the early morning of July 28, 1955, Green was shot in the back and killed. Poindexter admits the shooting but pleads self-defense, contending that Green reached...

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