STATE v. NELSON

No. 51212.

259 So.2d 46 (1972)

261 La. 153

STATE of Louisiana v. Charles F. NELSON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied March 27, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George R. Covert, Richard E. Burton, Burton, Roberts & Ward, 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.


SANDERS, Justice.

In this criminal prosecution for murder, the jury returned a verdict of guilty without capital punishment against the defendant, Charles F. Nelson. The trial judge then sentenced him to life imprisonment. He has appealed to this Court, relying upon eleven bills of exceptions. These bills relate primarily to the overruling of his motion to suppress evidence, the use at the trial of the testimony of a prosecution witness taken at the preliminary hearing...

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