STATE v. WHITFIELD

No. 49268.

219 So.2d 493 (1969)

253 La. 679

STATE of Louisiana v. Alfred WHITFIELD.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 24, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard E. Burk, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

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.

In an indictment by the Grand Jury of the Parish of Orleans Alfred Whitfield, the defendant herein, was charged with the murder of one Percy Thomas. He was tried by a jury, which returned a verdict of guilty without capital punishment, and thereafter was sentenced to serve the balance of his natural life at hard labor in the Louisiana State Penitentiary. He is appealing from such conviction and sentence.

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