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STATE v. BURKHALTER

No. 51663.

255 So.2d 62 (1971)

260 La. 27

STATE of Louisiana v. Eddie J. BURKHALTER and Mancel Clayton.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 23, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Woodward, Clinton, for defendants-appellants.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., Harry H. Howard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richard H. Kilbourne, Dist. Atty., Fred C. Jackson, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

BARHAM, Justice.

Eddie J. Burkhalter and Mancel Clayton were jointly tried for murder (R.S. 14:30), and both were convicted. Clayton was sentenced to life imprisonment, and Burkhalter to death. Burkhalter has appealed his conviction and sentence.

Burkhalter filed a motion for a bill of particulars, containing 11 requests for information. The State answered eight of these, but refused to answer the other three. The trial judge declined to require the State...

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