HAMITER, Justice.
Louis Brown and James Burke (the latter referred to hereinafter as the accused or the defendant) were indicted for the murder of one Lester Pichon. Brown pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of manslaughter, and he was sentenced to serve ten years in the penitentiary.
Burke pleaded not guilty. And after trial he was convicted of murder without capital punishment and sentenced to life at hard labor in the penitentiary. He is appealing from such...
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