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STATE v. PATTERSON

No. 54290.

295 So.2d 792 (1974)

STATE of Louisiana v. Howard PATTERSON, alias Howard Jefferson.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 29, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard W. Richey and Joseph Wilson, Jena, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Speedy O. Long, Dist. Atty., Don C. Burns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

BARHAM, Justice.

Defendant was convicted after a trial by jury of manslaughter, a violation of R.S. 14:31, and was sentenced to eighteen years' imprisonment. Upon this appeal, defendant relies on five bills of exceptions for a reversal of his conviction and sentence.

The facts surrounding the shooting incident out of which this prosecution arose, as revealed by the testimony of the State's witnesses, are as follows...

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