STATE v. MEHAN

No. 51637.

264 So.2d 581 (1972)

262 La. 611

STATE of Louisiana v. Thomas James MEHAN.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 29, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. W. "Pat" O'Brien, Jr., New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Harry H. Howard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jim Garrison, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


McCALEB, Chief Justice.

Thomas James Mehan was charged with the crime of murder. He was tried, found guilty without capital punishment, and sentenced to life imprisonment in the State Penitentiary.

Numerous bills of exceptions were reserved during the trial of the case. However, many of them were abandoned and, on this appeal, appellant relies on only thirteen of his bills to obtain a reversal of his conviction. A number of these involve the same legal issue...

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