STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 53853.

286 So.2d 358 (1973)

STATE of Louisiana v. Harry JOHNSON and Richard Brown.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 3, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip L. Kitchen, Milton P. Masinter, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., LeRoy A. Hartley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jim Garrison, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


DIXON, Justice.

Defendants were tried under an indictment charging them with murder. R.S. 14:30. They were convicted after a trial by jury and received a sentence of death. Defendants appeal relying on five bills of exceptions.

Bill of Exceptions No. 1 was reserved when the trial court overruled an objection to the use of a diagram by the State to illustrate portions of the testimony of a witness. The objection was founded upon the failure of the State to...

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