STATE v. HAWKINS

No. 50992.

249 So.2d 556 (1971)

259 La. 149

STATE of Louisiana v. Cleveland HAWKINS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied August 12, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Johnson, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., Harry H. Howard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jim Garrison, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


SUMMERS, Justice.

Appellant Cleveland Hawkins was charged in a bill of information with unlawfully killing Pat L. Scott, also known as Allen Scott, a crime denounced as manslaughter by Article 31 of the Criminal Code. He pleaded not guilty. He was tried, convicted and sentenced to serve twenty years in the State Penitentiary as a second offender. On this appeal he relies on two bills of exceptions.

Bill No. 1 was reserved when, during the trial, counsel for...

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