STATE v. BUTLER

No. 51026.

250 So.2d 740 (1971)

259 La. 560

STATE of Louisiana v. Leon Harold BUTLER.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Dissenting Opinion July 7, 1971.

Rehearing Denied August 12, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Percy, Macmurdo, Gray & Eaton, Edward W. Gray, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., Harry H. Howard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Sargent Pitcher, Jr., Dist. Atty., Ralph L. Roy, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


McCALEB, Chief Justice.

Leon Harold Butler was tried by a jury and convicted of the crime of aggravated arson. He was sentenced to serve ten years in the State penitentiary at hard labor. On this appeal the accused is relying on twenty-six bills of exceptions to obtain a reversal of the conviction.

The minutes of the proceedings below as well as other portions of the record unmistakably disclosed that the defendant was tried on a charge of aggravated arson...

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