STATE v. LANE

No. 54160.

292 So.2d 711 (1974)

STATE of Louisiana v. Harold Joe LANE.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 25, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merwin M. Brandon, Jr., Bastrop, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Carl Parkerson, Dist. Atty., Joe Rolfe White, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


SUMMERS, Justice.

A bill of indictment charged that appellant Harold Joe Lane murdered Billy Bray on or about December 26, 1972. After a jury trial he was convicted of manslaughter on June 26, 1973 and sentenced on July 31, 1973 to serve fifteen years in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Corrections with credit for time served.

During midmorning of December 26, 1972 appellant, Grady Moffett, Sunni Gay Holley, Billy Bray and Virginia Lane drove to...

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