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STATE v. SAM

No. 53222.

283 So.2d 81 (1973)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Oscar SAM, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied September 24, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Woodson T. Callihan, Jr., Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., LeRoy A. Hartley, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie Brown, Dist. Atty., Ralph L. Roy, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

TATE, Justice.

The defendant was indicted for murder, La.R.S. 14:30, and convicted after trial by jury of manslaughter, La.R.S. 14:31, a responsive verdict. He appeals. At least two of the seventeen bills of exceptions reserved present reversible error.

Bills Nos. 10 and 11 were taken when the State was allowed to introduce deposition testimony of an allegedly unavailable witness. In introducing this constitutionally disfavored form of testimony, which has...

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