STATE v. BENJAMIN

No. 49495.

222 So.2d 853 (1969)

254 La. 49

STATE of Louisiana v. Donald E. BENJAMIN.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 5, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Irvin Dymond, George M. Leppert, New Orleans, for appellant.

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


FOURNET, Chief Justice.

The defendant, Donald E. Benjamin, is appealing from his conviction on a charge by indictment with the murder of Dorothy Spadoni and sentence to death.

According to the record, the accused, armed with a long knife, entered a washateria near midnight on August 13, 1965 as James W. Colbert and Miss Dorothy Spadoni were about to complete certain laundering, whereupon he forced them into a closet-like opening at the rear of the room and...

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