STATE v. HILLMAN

No. 54442.

298 So.2d 746 (1974)

STATE of Louisiana v. James E. HILLMAN.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied August 30, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard V. Burnes, Gravel, Roy & Burnes, Alexandria, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edwin O. Ware, Dist. Atty., Robert P. Jackson, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


DIXON, Justice.

Defendant was indicted and tried for the murder of Merlin Honeycutt. R.S. 14:30. The jury returned a unanimous verdict of guilty without capital punishment, and the defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment. Seventeen bills of exceptions were perfected on this appeal. Bills of Exceptions Nos. 1, 5, 6 and 7 have been abandoned in brief.

The defendant, James E. Hillman, was a seventy-six year old...

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