STATE v. EVANS

No. 48163.

192 So.2d 103 (1966)

249 La. 861

STATE of Louisiana v. Daryl EVANS and Bernard Butler.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied December 12, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Irvin Dymond, G. Wray Gill, George M. Leppert, New Orleans, for appellants.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., William P. Schuler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jim Garrison, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.


HAMITER, Justice.

The instant appeal is by Daryl Evans and Bernard Butler who were convicted of the crime of murder, under the felony-murder doctrine, and were sentenced to death by electrocution. Allegedly, the offense committed, which occurred in the City of New Orleans on the night of June 21, 1963, was the fatal shooting of one Norris J. Rabalais, a New Orleans Public Service bus operator, during an attempted armed robbery of such person by the defendants.

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