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STATE v. SYLVESTER

No. 54297.

298 So.2d 807 (1974)

STATE of Louisiana v. Larry SYLVESTER.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearings Denied August 30, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh W. Thistlethwaite, Thistlethwaite & Thistlethwaite, Marion Overton White, Opelousas, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Morgan J. Goudeau, III, Dist. Atty., Robert Brinkman, First Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

SUMMERS, Justice.

Defendant, Larry Sylvester, was indicted by the St. Landry Parish Grand Jury for murder. La.R.S. 14:30. He was tried by jury, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment at the state penitentiary. Relying on six bills of exceptions, he has appealed to this Court.

Bill 1

During the State's closing argument, and when the prosecutor was on the subject of the authorized verdicts, he said: "If a verdict of manslaughter is returned...

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